Moonshot’s upcoming Kimi 3 is expected to close the gap with Anthropic’s Opus 4.8
Moonshot AI’s Kimi 3 model is expected to compete with Anthropic’s Opus 4.8, while its Kimi K2 models have performed well in the open-source AI market. The company is raising $31.5 billion in capital, and industry leaders are discussing the value of paying AI labs for their closed-source models, with some advocating for the use of open-source alternatives like DeepSeek or Moonshot’s models.
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