{"slug": "microsoft-reportedly-evaluates-moonshot-ais-kimi-k3-for-copilot", "title": "Microsoft reportedly evaluates Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 for Copilot", "summary": "Microsoft is internally testing Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 and evaluating whether to move some Copilot inference requests from OpenAI and Anthropic models to Kimi K3, The Information reported. Microsoft estimates shifting part of Copilot's workload to Kimi K3 could reduce annual cloud infrastructure costs by up to $600 million, reflecting its broader effort to use multiple AI models and reduce supplier dependence.", "body_md": "Microsoft is internally testing Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 and evaluating whether some Copilot inference requests currently handled by OpenAI and Anthropic models could be moved to Kimi K3, The Information reported. Microsoft has not made a final decision on replacing any models.\n\nMicrosoft estimates that shifting part of Copilot’s workload to Kimi K3 could reduce annual cloud infrastructure costs by up to $600 million. The evaluation reflects Microsoft’s broader effort to use multiple AI models and reduce its dependence on a single supplier while controlling the cost of serving large volumes of AI requests.\n\nKimi K3 is reportedly being assessed not only for its performance in coding and reasoning, but also for its cost efficiency in specific Copilot tasks. Any deployment would still involve technical integration, data-sovereignty, security, and export-control considerations, and could initially be limited to less sensitive workloads. [[The Information](https://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/ai-agenda/new-kimi-k3-model-means-u-s-china-ai-race)]", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-reportedly-evaluates-moonshot-ais-kimi-k3-for-copilot", "canonical_source": "https://technode.com/2026/07/23/microsoft-reportedly-evaluates-moonshot-ais-kimi-k3-for-copilot/", "published_at": "2026-07-23 09:07:35+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-23 09:39:39.282997+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-products", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Microsoft", "Moonshot AI", "Kimi K3", "Copilot", "OpenAI", "Anthropic", "The Information"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-reportedly-evaluates-moonshot-ais-kimi-k3-for-copilot", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-reportedly-evaluates-moonshot-ais-kimi-k3-for-copilot.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-reportedly-evaluates-moonshot-ais-kimi-k3-for-copilot.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-reportedly-evaluates-moonshot-ais-kimi-k3-for-copilot.jsonld"}}