# Kimi K3 Tech Blog: Open Frontier Intelligence

Kimi released Kimi K3, a 2.8T-parameter open model with native vision and 1M-token context, available today on Kimi.com, Kimi Work, Kimi Code, and the Kimi API.

- Kimi K3 activates 16 of 896 experts via Stable LatentMoE, with KDA and Attention Residuals architecture.
- API pricing is $0.30/MTok cache-hit input, $3.00/MTok cache-miss input, and $15.00/MTok output.
- Full model weights release by July 27, 2026; technical report to follow.
- Kimi K3 designed a chip in a 48-hour autonomous run, closing timing at 100 MHz within 4 mm².
- Kimi K3 trails Claude Fable 5 and GPT 5.6 Sol overall but outperforms other tested models.

## Why it matters

Open-source developers and researchers now have access to a frontier-scale 2.8T-parameter model with native vision and long context, shifting the open-model capability ceiling.

## Sources

- [Moonshot AI: Kimi K3 Tech Blog: Open Frontier Intelligence](https://www.kimi.com/blog/kimi-k3)

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Summarized by dstilled on 2026-07-16. https://dstilled.ai/story/f1ea9bc5-6bd6-47c8-aba5-012653c8ab8d