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Is Kimi K3 out? Yes, since July 16, 2026

Yes. Kimi K3 was released on July 16, 2026.

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Have you used it? Kimi K3

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What changed

  • context +300 % · Context window compared with Kimi K2.6, same tier in this family. Went from 262k tokens to 1.05M tokens.
  • price -70 % · Prompt price compared with Kimi K2.6, same tier in this family. Went from $0.650 / MTok to $0.192 / MTok. Lower is better.

About Kimi K3

Kimi K3 is a 2.8T parameter open-weight multimodal reasoning model from Moonshot AI. It is suited for complex coding, knowledge work, and long-horizon agentic workflows, and is particularly strong at...

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Questions

When was Kimi K3 released?
Kimi K3 was released on July 16, 2026.
Who makes Kimi K3?
Kimi K3 is made by Moonshot AI.
What comes after Kimi K3?
Kimi K2.8 Preview, released on September 11, 2026.