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Moonshot launches Kimi K3
Native vision and longer context support extended coding and knowledge tasks.
Model labMoonshot AI
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OCCURRED16 Jul 2026
PUBLIC ACCOUNT16 Jul 2026
EVIDENCEFirst-party account
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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 2026Moonshot launches Kimi K3 ↗
Moonshot AI. Original developer announcement.
- Organizational disclosure Accessed 11 Sept 2026Kimi research release index ↗
Moonshot AI. Developer release information.