--- title: Moonshot’s upcoming Kimi 3 is expected to close the gap... description: Moonshot AI's upcoming Kimi K3 model is expected to match or surpass Anthropic's Opus 4.8, according to anonymous sources cited by the Financial Times. Kimi K3... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/moonshot-s-upcoming-kimi-3-is-expected-to-close-the-gap-with-anthropic-s-opus-4-8-2226nb3nz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Moonshot’s upcoming Kimi 3 is expected to close the gap with Anthropic’s Opus 4.8 | daily.dev og:description: Moonshot AI's upcoming Kimi K3 model is expected to match or surpass Anthropic's Opus 4.8, according to anonymous sources cited by the Financial Times. Kimi K3... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/moonshot-s-upcoming-kimi-3-is-expected-to-close-the-gap-with-anthropic-s-opus-4-8-2226nb3nz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2226Nb3Nz.png og:image:alt: Moonshot’s upcoming Kimi 3 is expected to close the gap with Anthropic’s Opus 4.8 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Moonshot’s upcoming Kimi 3 is expected to close the gap with Anthropic’s Opus 4.8 **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Moonshot AI's upcoming Kimi K3 model is expected to match or surpass Anthropic's Opus 4.8, according to anonymous sources cited by the Financial Times. Kimi K3 is projected to be the largest open-weight AI model from China, with a parameter count between 2 and 3 trillion, and is set to release imminently. Moonshot is also reportedly raising a new funding round at a $31.5 billion valuation, up from its $20 billion valuation in May. The news arrives amid growing enterprise debate over the value of expensive closed-source AI models versus cheaper open-source alternatives from Chinese labs like DeepSeek, Z.ai, and Moonshot. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Kimi-maker Moonshot AI targets $2 billion in annual revenue](https://daily.dev/posts/kimi-maker-moonshot-ai-targets-2-billion-in-annual-revenue-pcexbty5h) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Everyone Read Kimi K3 as a Price War. It Is the Opposite.](https://daily.dev/posts/everyone-read-kimi-k3-as-a-price-war-it-is-the-opposite--xshhpdjyb) · Medium · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [Moonshot AI wants 30% of what US clouds earn from Kimi K3](https://daily.dev/posts/moonshot-ai-wants-30-of-what-us-clouds-earn-from-kimi-k3-4iueuv077) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#anthropic](https://daily.dev/tags/anthropic) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/moonshot-s-upcoming-kimi-3-is-expected-to-close-the-gap-with-anthropic-s-opus-4-8-2226nb3nz) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Moonshot’s upcoming Kimi 3 is expected to close the gap with Anthropic’s Opus 4.8","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/moonshot-s-upcoming-kimi-3-is-expected-to-close-the-gap-with-anthropic-s-opus-4-8-2226nb3nz","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/moonshot-s-upcoming-kimi-3-is-expected-to-close-the-gap-with-anthropic-s-opus-4-8-2226nb3nz"},"datePublished":"2026-07-16T14:28:51.858Z","dateModified":"2026-07-16T20:48:32.947Z","description":"Moonshot AI's upcoming Kimi K3 model is expected to match or surpass Anthropic's Opus 4.8, according to anonymous sources cited by the Financial Times. 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