# Kimi K3 rocks the AI industry as Moonshot AI undercuts closed-source American competitors on price — but the huge 2.8T open-weight model still needs serious hardware to deploy at scale

> A new AI model from Chinese firm Moonshot AI has had its "DeepSeek moment," causing major disruption in the global AI market and spooking Western developers. Kimi K3 is an open-weight model, with 2.

- **Source:** [Tom's Hardware](https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/kimi-k3-rocks-the-ai-industry-as-moonshot-ai-undercuts-closed-source-american-competitors-on-price-but-the-huge-2-8t-open-weight-model-still-needs-serious-hardware-to-deploy-at-scale?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a5f8d79576e5ef105020a52)
- **Published:** 2026-07-21
- **Category:** AI & Bots
- **Tags:** #microsoft #openai #claude #copilot #anthropic #ai
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