Moonshot’s upcoming Kimi 3 is expected to close the gap with Anthropic’s Opus 4.8

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Moonshot AI is preparing to launch Kimi K3, a massive open-weight model aiming to rival top-tier closed-source models like Anthropic’s Opus 4.8.

Summary

Moonshot AI is reportedly set to launch Kimi K3, an open-weight model with 2 to 3 trillion parameters, designed to compete directly with leading frontier models like Anthropic’s Opus 4.8. This release comes as the company seeks a $31.5 billion valuation amid growing industry interest in cost-effective, open-source alternatives to expensive, proprietary AI services from firms like OpenAI.

(Source:TechCrunch)