EventAI ModelsJuly 16, 2026
Moonshot's Kimi K3 expected to close gap with Anthropic's Opus 4.8

FT reports Kimi K3, China's largest open-weight model at 2-3 trillion parameters, will launch in the coming days. Moonshot is also raising capital at a $31.5B valuation, up from a $2B round at $20B in May.
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