diff --git a/src/together/cli/api/utils.py b/src/together/cli/api/utils.py
index 3bd2844..6b58994 100644
--- a/src/together/cli/api/utils.py
+++ b/src/together/cli/api/utils.py
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ def generate_progress_bar(
     progress = "Progress: [bold red]unavailable[/bold red]"
     if finetune_job.status in COMPLETED_STATUSES:
         progress = "Progress: [bold green]completed[/bold green]"
-    elif finetune_job.updated_at is not None:
+    elif finetune_job.started_at is not None:
         # Replace 'Z' with '+00:00' for Python 3.10 compatibility
-        updated_at_str = finetune_job.updated_at.replace("Z", "+00:00")
-        update_at = datetime.fromisoformat(updated_at_str).astimezone()
+        started_at_str = finetune_job.started_at.replace("Z", "+00:00")
+        started_at = datetime.fromisoformat(started_at_str).astimezone()
 
         if finetune_job.progress is not None:
-            if current_time < update_at:
+            if current_time < started_at:
                 return progress
 
             if not finetune_job.progress.estimate_available:
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def generate_progress_bar(
             if finetune_job.progress.seconds_remaining <= 0:
                 return progress
 
-            elapsed_time = (current_time - update_at).total_seconds()
+            elapsed_time = (current_time - started_at).total_seconds()
             ratio_filled = min(
                 elapsed_time / finetune_job.progress.seconds_remaining, 1.0
             )
diff --git a/src/together/types/finetune.py b/src/together/types/finetune.py
index 95d48e5..faaaac0 100644
--- a/src/together/types/finetune.py
+++ b/src/together/types/finetune.py
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ class FinetuneResponse(BaseModel):
     # created/updated datetime stamps
     created_at: str | None = None
     updated_at: str | None = None
+    started_at: str | None = None
     # job status
     status: FinetuneJobStatus | None = None
     # job id
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_cli_utils.py b/tests/unit/test_cli_utils.py
index 02e6182..b5cef3c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_cli_utils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_cli_utils.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 def create_finetune_response(
     status: FinetuneJobStatus = FinetuneJobStatus.STATUS_RUNNING,
-    updated_at: str = "2024-01-01T12:00:00Z",
+    started_at: str = "2024-01-01T12:00:00Z",
     progress: FinetuneProgress | None = None,
     job_id: str = "ft-test-123",
 ) -> FinetuneResponse:
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ def create_finetune_response(
     return FinetuneResponse(
         id=job_id,
         progress=progress,
-        updated_at=updated_at,
+        updated_at=started_at,
+        started_at=started_at,
         status=status,
     )
 
@@ -359,7 +360,7 @@ def test_timezone_aware_datetime(self):
         """Test with different timezone for updated_at."""
         current_time = datetime(2024, 1, 1, 12, 0, 30, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
         finetune_job = create_finetune_response(
-            updated_at="2024-01-01T07:00:00-05:00",  # Same as 12:00:00 UTC (EST = UTC-5)
+            started_at="2024-01-01T07:00:00-05:00",  # Same as 12:00:00 UTC (EST = UTC-5)
             progress=FinetuneProgress(estimate_available=True, seconds_remaining=60.0),
         )
 
@@ -385,7 +386,7 @@ def test_negative_elapsed_time_scenario(self):
         """Test unusual case where current time appears before updated_at."""
         current_time = datetime(2024, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
         finetune_job = create_finetune_response(
-            updated_at="2024-01-01T12:00:30Z",  # In the "future"
+            started_at="2024-01-01T12:00:30Z",  # In the "future"
             progress=FinetuneProgress(estimate_available=True, seconds_remaining=100.0),
         )