At Least 18 U.S. Firms Embrace Open-Source Kimi K3
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In the early hours of July 27, 2026, Moonshot AI made good on its commitment by uploading the full model weights of Kimi K3 to HuggingFace. This move officially ushered the model into the 'open weights' era, boasting a staggering 2.8 trillion parameters. Following its release, Kimi K3 quickly became the center of attention and sparked heated debate within the U.S. tech community and capital markets. Despite the U.S. government and certain tech behemoths adopting a confrontational attitude toward Chinese open-source AI, the open-sourcing of K3 was rapidly embraced by numerous U.S. companies, which are now providing services built upon it. The launch of K3 not only poses a challenge to the pricing dominance of closed-source APIs but also ignites a fresh round of geopolitical maneuvering in the realm of global AI regulation.