SMRTR AIJul 16, 2026TechCrunch

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

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Moonshot AI's Kimi K3, expected to release within days, could match or surpass Anthropic's Opus 4.8 with 2-3 trillion parameters, making it the largest open-weight model from China. Moonshot is also raising funds at a $31.5 billion valuation, up from $20 billion in May.

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