[Moonshot AI Suspends New Subscriptions for Kimi K3 Due to Demand Exceeding Computational Capacity] Odaily Planet Daily News – AI startup Moonshot AI recently launched the open-weight model Kimi K3, claiming it can compete with leading systems from OpenAI and Anthropic at a lower cost. The company also stated that the model can more effectively convert computational power into AI capabilities. Following the launch of Kimi K3, Moonshot AI has suspended new subscriptions due to overwhelming demand that has exceeded its computational capacity. Previously, the model sparked widespread discussion across the Chinese internet. On Weibo, topics related to Kimi K3 once climbed to the trending list, with debates focusing on whether open-weight models could challenge proprietary systems from U.S. companies and how the demand for computational power is evolving in China's AI industry. Other discussions compared Kimi K3 with Anthropic's Claude. Elon Musk also commented that the initial training of xAI's next-generation Grok 4.6 model is in its final stages, and the 2-trillion-parameter version might surpass Kimi. Moonshot AI's official Weibo account later responded: 'Welcome to the 2 Trillion+ Club.'