Chinese AI startup Moonshot has unveiled Kimi K3, its latest flagship AI model, claiming it is the world's first open-source model in the 3-trillion-parameter class. The launch comes as Chinese AI companies rapidly narrow the gap with leading US rivals like Anthropic and OpenAI.

Moonshot AI plans to launch its 2.5 trillion parameter Kimi K3 model around July 15 to compete with Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8, with implications for

The FT reports Kimi K3 will be the largest open AI model from China, with a parameter count between 2 trillion and 3 trillion.