Kimi K3 developer suspends new subscriptions amid compute constraints

Moonshot AI suspended new subscriptions for its Kimi K3 model due to GPU capacity constraints, despite the 2.8 trillion-parameter model outperforming top US alternatives on some benchmarks. The suspension exposes the infrastructure bottleneck Chinese AI labs face under US chip export controls, requiring billions in capex to serve global users at scale.

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