Chinese Startup Moonshot AI Launches Kimi Model to Compete with U.S. AI Giants
Chinese startup Moonshot AI has introduced its new Kimi model, claiming it rivals leading U.S. AI systems from OpenAI and Anthropic. The Kimi K3 model, with 2.8 trillion parameters, is China's largest AI model to date. While it trails behind Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and OpenAI's GPT 5.6 Sol in overall performance, it surpasses other models like Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT 5.5 in specific benchmarks, including coding and general agents. This development comes amid an intensifying race for AI supremacy between the U.S. and China.