Moonshot AI releases Chinese model rivaling top U.S. systems
World · 17 July 2026
Written by AI from multiple news reports
Chinese startup Moonshot AI released a new AI model called Kimi K3 on Friday. The company says it is the world's largest open-source AI model, with 2.8 trillion parameters.
In tests, Kimi K3 performed as well as or better than top American models from OpenAI and Anthropic. Developers who tested it without knowing which company made it preferred Kimi K3 for coding work.
The model is also much cheaper than its American rivals. Moonshot AI charges $3 per million input tokens, compared to higher prices from U.S. competitors.