MULTIMODAL MODEL · Jul 16, 2026
Kimi K3
Access & availability
- Outside China
- Global API · verified Sep 29, 2026 · Evidence
- Open weights
- Yes · verified Nov 2, 2026 · Evidence
- License
- Kimi K3 License (commercial MaaS and attribution conditions) · verified Nov 2, 2026 · Evidence
- Hugging Face
- moonshotai/Kimi-K3 · verified Nov 2, 2026 · Evidence
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Kimi K3 by Moonshot AI: released Jul 16, 2026; 2.8T total, 104B active parameters; 1M-token context; open weights under Kimi K3 License (commercial MaaS and attribution conditions); API available outside China; list price $3.00 input (cache miss) / $15.00 output per 1M tokens (kimi-k3).
Specifications
- Released
- Jul 16, 2026 · verified Sep 29, 2026 · Evidence
- Claim status
- Company-reported · verified Sep 29, 2026 · Evidence
- Parameters
- 2.8T total, 104B active · verified Sep 29, 2026 · Evidence
- Context window
- 1,048,576 tokens · verified Sep 29, 2026 · Evidence
- List price
- $3.00 input (cache miss) / $15.00 output per 1M tokens (kimi-k3) · verified Sep 29, 2026 · Evidence
Release timeline
- Reportedly: Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 Sets a Graph Record with 630 Edges on a 124-Vertex Graph
- Reportedly: Huawei Ascend announces 0-day inference support for Moonshot AI's Kimi K3.1 Pro, a 2.8-trillion-parameter MoE model
- Reportedly: Moonshot AI launches Kimi game development and creative work solution with direct Unity, Unreal Engine operation
- Moonshot AI released Kimi-K3.1-Pro on Hugging Face
- Reportedly: Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3.1 Pro, a 3-trillion-parameter model with 1M context, ranking 4th on Artificial Analysis
- Reportedly: Moonshot AI teases Kimi K3.1 model in preview video
- Reportedly: Moonshot AI readies Kimi K3.1 with 1M-token context
- Reportedly: Moonshot AI files for Hong Kong IPO