{"slug": "moonshot-ai-releases-kimi-k3-1-pro-weights-for-its-2-8-trillion-parameter-model", "title": "Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3.1 Pro weights for its 2.8-trillion-parameter model", "summary": "Moonshot AI, led by co-founder and chief executive Yang Zhilin, published the weights for its 2.8-trillion-parameter Kimi K3.1 Pro model on Hugging Face on November 4th, 2026, under a Kimi-specific license, fulfilling a promise the Beijing company made when it introduced the model in October. The release lets developers download and self-host the model rather than relying only on Moonshot AI's API, while the Kimi-specific license keeps limits on that openness. Moonshot AI announced the release in a post on X linking to the Hugging Face repository, adding: \"We'll keep advancing open intelligence.", "body_md": "# Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3.1 Pro weights for its 2.8-trillion-parameter model\n\n**Yang Zhilin's Moonshot AI published the 2.8-trillion-parameter model on Hugging Face on November 4th, under a Kimi-specific license.**\n\n        By [Ryan Merket](https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket)\n        · Published \n        · Updated \n\nPrimary source: [Kimi / Moonshot AI (official)](https://x.com/Kimi_Moonshot/status/2118010528123773297)\n\n## Why it matters\n\nThe release lets developers download and serve Moonshot AI's most capable Kimi model instead of relying only on its API, while the Kimi-specific license keeps limits on that openness. Outside teams can now test Moonshot AI's coding and agent claims under their own harnesses, and customers gain a self-hosting option to weigh against hosted pricing.\n\nMoonshot AI, led by co-founder and chief executive Yang Zhilin, released the model weights for [Kimi K3.1 Pro](https://runtimewire.com/models/moonshotai/kimi-k3.1-pro) on November 4th, 2026, completing a promise the Beijing company made when it introduced the model in October. Moonshot AI announced the release [in a post on X](https://x.com/Kimi_Moonshot/status/2118010528123773297?ref=runtimewire) that linked to the [Kimi K3.1 Pro repository on Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K3.1-Pro?ref=runtimewire) and added: \"We'll keep advancing open intelligence.\" The model card describes Kimi K3.1 Pro as…\n\nWhen you purchase through links in our articles, [we may earn a small commission](https://runtimewire.com/affiliate-monetization-standards). This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/moonshot-ai-releases-kimi-k3-1-pro-weights-for-its-2-8-trillion-parameter-model", "canonical_source": "https://runtimewire.com/article/moonshot-ai-kimi-k3-1-pro-weights", "published_at": "2026-11-04 16:36:39+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-04 19:49:27.793003+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-products", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Moonshot AI", "Kimi K3.1 Pro", "Yang Zhilin", "Hugging Face"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/moonshot-ai-releases-kimi-k3-1-pro-weights-for-its-2-8-trillion-parameter-model", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/moonshot-ai-releases-kimi-k3-1-pro-weights-for-its-2-8-trillion-parameter-model.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/moonshot-ai-releases-kimi-k3-1-pro-weights-for-its-2-8-trillion-parameter-model.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/moonshot-ai-releases-kimi-k3-1-pro-weights-for-its-2-8-trillion-parameter-model.jsonld"}}