Kimi K3, and what we can still learn from the pelican benchmark
- 16th July 2026 Chinese AI lab Moonshot AI announced Kimi K3 this morning, describing it as their “most capable model to date, with 2.8 trillion parameters”.
- It’s currently available via their website and API, but an open weight release is promised “by July 27, 2026”.
- Moonshot are calling this the first “open 3T-class model” (I guess they’re rounding 2.8 trillion up to 3 trillion), taking the crown from DeepSeek’s 1.6T v4 Pro.
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- 16th July 2026 Chinese AI lab Moonshot AI announced Kimi K3 this morning, describing it as their “most capable model to date, with 2.8 trillion parameters”.
- It’s currently available via their website and API, but an open weight release is promised “by July 27, 2026”.
- Moonshot are calling this the first “open 3T-class model” (I guess they’re rounding 2.8 trillion up to 3 trillion), taking the crown from DeepSeek’s 1.6T v4 Pro.
Sources: Simonwillison