LaunchAI ModelsJuly 16, 2026
Moonshot AI launches Kimi K3, a 2.8T-parameter frontier model

Kimi K3 features 2.8 trillion parameters, 1 million token context, and native multimodal input. Its Kimi Delta Attention enables up to 6.3x faster decoding in long contexts, and it scores comparably to Opus 4.8 and GPT-5 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.
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RT @BrianRoemmele: Kimi K3 is a gut punch to Anthropic. Its over. A 2.8T open-weight-bound Chinese...x.com
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Moonshot is Chinese But Its AI Models Are From Another Planetthealgorithmicbridge.com
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Quoting Kimi K3simonwillison.net
AI #177 Part 2: Wish You Were Herethezvi.substack.com
Chinese startup Moonshot AI unveils Kimi model it says rivals OpenAI, Anthropiccnbc.com