Testing Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 Inside Claude Code
First hands-on test of Kimi K3 running inside Claude Code.
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Moonshot confidentially filed for a Hong Kong IPO on Sept 3 — six outlets report a target valuation as high as $50 billion and a listing as early as Q4.
Moonshot AI retired Kimi K2.5 for the 2.8-trillion-parameter K3 in late August, drawing early hands-on tests inside Claude Code. Days later, Reuters reported the startup was courting US cloud giants to host K3, setting up a bigger commercial push.
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First hands-on test of Kimi K3 running inside Claude Code.
Confirms K3 (2.8T params) is replacing K2.5 as Moonshot's flagship model.
Reuters reports Moonshot in talks with US cloud giants to host K3.
The Information first reports the confidential Hong Kong IPO filing.
The Standard (HK) adds a possible Q4 listing timeline.
TradingKey ties the filing to the open-model pressure facing OpenAI and Anthropic.
WSJ corroborates the confidential filing.
qz.com reports a $3 billion IPO raise target.
Benzinga cites a $50 billion valuation target for the listing.
First hands-on test of Kimi K3 running inside Claude Code.
Confirms K3 (2.8T params) is replacing K2.5 as Moonshot's flagship model.
Reuters reports Moonshot in talks with US cloud giants to host K3.
The Information first reports the confidential Hong Kong IPO filing.
The Standard (HK) adds a possible Q4 listing timeline.
TradingKey ties the filing to the open-model pressure facing OpenAI and Anthropic.
WSJ corroborates the confidential filing.
qz.com reports a $3 billion IPO raise target.
Benzinga cites a $50 billion valuation target for the listing.
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