LaunchAI ModelsJuly 17, 2026
Moonshot releases Kimi K3, surpassing GPT 5.6 Sol on Vals Index

Kimi K3 is a 2.8 trillion parameter open model with 50B active parameters, scoring #2 on the Vals Index and surpassing GPT 5.6 Sol. At $3/$15 per million tokens, it achieves Claude Opus 4.8-class performance at Sonnet 5 pricing.
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RT @ValsAI: Moonshot just made history. Kimi K3 is the #2 overall model on the Vals Index,...x.com
China’s Powerful New Moonshot AI Model Closes Gap With US Rivalsbloomberg.com
[AINews] Kimi K3 2.8T-A50B: the largest open model ever released; Opus 4.8-class at Sonnet 5 pricinglatent.space
Kimi K3 is 4.5x the price of GPT 5.6 Sol Mediumreddit.com