From Kimi K3 to DeepSeek and Qwen: How Far Has Chinese AI Come?

Moonshot AI unveiled the 2.8-trillion-parameter Kimi K3, and Alibaba followed with a Qwen 3.8-Max preview, signaling a new phase of large open-model competition in China.

The article compares Kimi K3’s performance, DeepSeek V4’s low-cost coding strengths, and Qwen’s multimodal potential.

Chinese models are closing the gap with U.S. frontier models not only on cost, but increasingly on performance as well.

That could shift global AI leadership and move the center of the open-model ecosystem toward China.