AI THREAT TRACKER / EV-057 · Model release

Moonshot launches Kimi K3

Native vision and longer context support extended coding and knowledge tasks.

Model labMoonshot AI

TopicsModel release

OCCURRED16 Jul 2026

PUBLIC ACCOUNT16 Jul 2026

EVIDENCEFirst-party account

About these dates

Date of the developer announcement or dated release record.

Moonshot introduced Kimi K3 on July 16, 2026 with native vision and a one-million-token context, emphasizing extended coding and knowledge work. Hosted and API access were available at launch. At launch, downloadable weights were scheduled for July 27. Moonshot AI ↗Moonshot AI ↗

Sources & attribution

Organizational disclosure 16 Jul 2026
Moonshot launches Kimi K3 ↗
Moonshot AI. Original developer announcement.
Organizational disclosure Accessed 11 Sept 2026
Kimi research release index ↗
Moonshot AI. Developer release information.