Tinker vs. Compute with Hivenet

Tinker is a groundbreaking training API designed specifically for researchers and developers, granting them extensive control over model fine-tuning while alleviating the intricacies associated with infrastructure management. It provides fundamental building blocks that enable users to construct custom training loops, implement various supervision methods, and develop reinforcement learning workflows. At present, Tinker supports LoRA fine-tuning on open-weight models from the LLama and Qwen families, catering to a spectrum of model sizes that range from compact versions to large mixture-of-experts setups. Users have the flexibility to craft Python scripts for data handling, loss function management, and algorithmic execution, while Tinker efficiently manages scheduling, resource allocation, distributed training, and failure recovery independently. The platform empowers users to download model weights at different checkpoints, freeing them from the responsibility of overseeing the computational environment. Offered as a managed service, Tinker runs training jobs on Thinking Machines’ proprietary GPU infrastructure, relieving users of the burdens associated with cluster orchestration and allowing them to concentrate on refining and enhancing their models. This harmonious combination of features positions Tinker as an indispensable resource for propelling advancements in machine learning research and development, ultimately fostering greater innovation within the field.

Hivenet Compute gives you on-demand RTX 5090 and RTX Pro 6000 GPUs, plus vCPU instances, billed per second while they run. Hivenet owns and operates the infrastructure, with data centres in France, the UAE and the US, so EU teams can keep workloads and data in Europe. Use it for training and fine-tuning, inference, notebooks, rendering and batch jobs. Launch from ready-made templates in a few minutes, or automate everything through the public Compute API. If you'd rather not run the serving layer yourself, the Inference API gives you an OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Teams get organisations with role-based access, prepaid credits, and S3-compatible object storage alongside compute.