Muse Spark vs Kimi K3.1: A Name With No Model Behind It
Early naming piece on the Kimi K3.1 label.
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Operational story trace
Kimi K3.1
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Current stateSpreading
Latest change
vLLM shipped day-0 support for Kimi K3.1 Pro on Nov 4, and Verda opened a preview of its inference service serving the model the same day.
Earlier contextThe story so far
Kimi K3.1 started as a pre-release name tangled in China's proposed export-license rule, then was benchmarked against Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra. Moonshot launched K3.1 Pro on Oct 24, and a quota-driven rocky rollout was followed by third-party hosting.
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State over time
● Pre-release · Oct 16-23Third-party hosting · Oct 28 → now ●
- Pre-release · Oct 16-23
- Launch and quota reset · Oct 24-27
- Third-party hosting · Oct 28 → now
PRE-RELEASE · Oct 16–23Kimi K3.1 surfaces before release, alongside a proposed export-license rule3 sources · show sources ▾
China To Require An Export License For All New Large AI Models, Potentially Affecting Moonshot’s Unreleased Kimi K3.1, As Taiwan Criminalizes Smuggling Of Advanced Chips To China
Links the unreleased model to a proposed Chinese export-license requirement.
Kimi K3.1 is prepared for upcoming release after Arena testing
Arena testing precedes the expected release.
COMPARISON · Oct 23K3.1 Pro set against Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra1 source · show source ▾
Kimi K3.1 Pro vs. Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra
Third-party head-to-head against Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra.
LAUNCH · Oct 24Moonshot launches K3.1 Pro, a roughly 3T-parameter flagship2 sources · show sources ▾
Moonshot AI launches new flagship Kim K3.1 Pro model with 3T parameters
Launch report citing about 3T parameters.
[AINews] Kimi 3.1 Pro 104BA-2.8T: Fable-5.1-Class Open Weights narrows Closed-AI lead to 1 month... and Pro Highspeed API with 2-3× speed
Newsletter take on open-weight quality and a faster API tier.
DEGRADATION · Oct 26–27Quotas reset after user complaints; Moonshot apologises2 sources · show sources ▾
Moonshot AI resets Kimi K3.1 Pro quotas after user complaints
Quotas reset after user complaints.
Moonshot apologises after botched Kimi K3.1 Pro launch, restores user quotas
Moonshot apologises and restores quotas.
DISTRIBUTION · Oct 28–29NEAR and ZenMux add K3.1 Pro2 sources · show sources ▾
NEAR Protocol Announces Launch of Kimi K3.1 Pro on AI Cloud
First third-party cloud listing, on NEAR AI Cloud.
ZenMux Introduces Kimi K3.1 Pro for Long-Context AI Workflows
ZenMux lists it for long-context workflows.
NOW · Nov 4vLLM day-0 support and Verda preview2 sources · show sources ▾
vLLM Delivers Day-0 Support for Kimi K3.1 Pro
Day-0 vLLM support with the serving techniques it relies on.
Verda Inference, in Preview with Kimi K3.1 Pro
Verda opens a preview of inference serving K3.1 Pro.
Day 1 Friday, Oct 16, 2026
Muse Spark vs Kimi K3.1: A Name With No Model Behind It
Early naming piece on the Kimi K3.1 label.
China To Require An Export License For All New Large AI Models, Potentially Affecting Moonshot’s Unreleased Kimi K3.1, As Taiwan Criminalizes Smuggling Of Advanced Chips To China
Links the unreleased model to a proposed Chinese export-license requirement.
Day 2 Friday, Oct 23, 2026
Kimi K3.1 is prepared for upcoming release after Arena testing
Arena testing precedes the expected release.
Kimi K3.1 Pro vs. Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra
Third-party head-to-head against Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra.
Day 3 Saturday, Oct 24, 2026
Moonshot AI launches new flagship Kim K3.1 Pro model with 3T parameters
Launch report citing about 3T parameters.
[AINews] Kimi 3.1 Pro 104BA-2.8T: Fable-5.1-Class Open Weights narrows Closed-AI lead to 1 month... and Pro Highspeed API with 2-3× speed
Newsletter take on open-weight quality and a faster API tier.
Day 4 Monday, Oct 26, 2026
Moonshot AI resets Kimi K3.1 Pro quotas after user complaints
Quotas reset after user complaints.
Day 5 Tuesday, Oct 27, 2026
Moonshot apologises after botched Kimi K3.1 Pro launch, restores user quotas
Moonshot apologises and restores quotas.
Day 6 Wednesday, Oct 28, 2026
NEAR Protocol Announces Launch of Kimi K3.1 Pro on AI Cloud
First third-party cloud listing, on NEAR AI Cloud.
Day 7 Thursday, Oct 29, 2026
ZenMux Introduces Kimi K3.1 Pro for Long-Context AI Workflows
ZenMux lists it for long-context workflows.
Day 8 Wednesday, Nov 4, 2026
vLLM Delivers Day-0 Support for Kimi K3.1 Pro
Day-0 vLLM support with the serving techniques it relies on.
Verda Inference, in Preview with Kimi K3.1 Pro
Verda opens a preview of inference serving K3.1 Pro.
What to watch — open questions
- Do independent evals show K3.1 Pro matching Opus 5.5 on coding or agent tasks?
- What do third-party hosts charge versus Moonshot's first-party plans and quotas?
- Does the proposed export-license rule restrict access to the open weights?
How this thread was built
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