CryptoBriefing (Jul 16, 2026): Kimi K3 open-weights schedule and license.
- Launch Jul 16; 2.8T params; 1M context; competes with Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol on select evals
- Full open weights scheduled July 27 under Modified MIT license
- API pricing framed as ~15 per M tokens — quality pricing vs budget undercut
- Notes open-weight utility for fine-tuning and self-host once checkpoint ships