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Chinese company releases world's largest open-source AI model
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Fusion42 · 16 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Moonshot AI released Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion-parameter open-source AI model with 1 million token context window and multimodal capabilities, positioning it as the largest open-source model globally and competitive with leading closed-source systems.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI Frontier Models.
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If you're building AI products on closed-source APIs, you now have a viable alternative at scale with no usage restrictions. The cost and control equation for inference just shifted—Chinese teams can build at parity with OpenAI's technology, without licensing fees or rate limits.
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