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A Chinese Pink Floyd fan is giving Claude and Chat their own DeepSeek moment — an AI model just as good and half the price
Moonshot's founder trained at Carnegie Mellon. Now his Kimi K3 model is beating U.S. giants at their own game — and making Silicon Valley sweat.
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The founder of Moonshot, a Chinese AI company, has developed an AI model called Kimi K3 that rivals the performance of U.S. giants at a significantly lower cost. This achievement is notable given the Kimi K3 model's ability to match the capabilities of more expensive AI models, such as DeepSeek, at half the price. The development of Kimi K3 suggests that Moonshot's founder, who trained at Carnegie Mellon, has successfully leveraged his expertise to create a competitive AI solution. The implications of this development are unclear, but it is evident that Moonshot's Kimi K3 model is making waves in the AI industry, prompting reactions from Silicon Valley.
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