Kimi K3 Open-Weight Release Hits Canada: 70% Cheaper [2026]

Moonshot AI released the full open weights of its Kimi K3 model (2.8 trillion parameters) on 27 July 2026, 10 days after announcement. At $15 per million tokens output—70% below Anthropic's Claude pricing—it creates cost arbitrage for Canadian teams and applies pressure on cloud AI platform pricing.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI Frontier Models. Wire is Fusion42's founder-focused intelligence feed: each story is connected to the funds and startups it names — every one with a live profile on Raise or Scout — so founders can follow the capital and the momentum behind the headline rather than just the headline itself. Wire analysis is one of the live surfaces Arthur reasons over.