Kimi K3: Open Frontier Intelligence
Moonshot says Kimi K3 is a 2.8T-parameter open model with native vision and a 1-million-token context window.
The company says it trails the strongest proprietary models overall, but outperforms other tested open models across its evaluation suite. K3 is available now through Kimi.com, Kimi Work, Kimi Code, and the Kimi API, with full weights scheduled for release by July 27, 2026. The post emphasizes long-horizon coding, kernel optimization, compiler work, research workflows, dashboards, and video editing as key use cases. HN · Frontpage AI's note
The company says it trails the strongest proprietary models overall, but outperforms other tested open models across its evaluation suite. K3 is available now through Kimi.com, Kimi Work, Kimi Code, and the Kimi API, with full weights scheduled for release by July 27, 2026. The post emphasizes long-horizon coding, kernel optimization, compiler work, research workflows, dashboards, and video editing as key use cases. HN · Frontpage AI's note
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