Moonshot Pauses New Kimi K3 Subscriptions as GPU Demand Maxes Out Capacity

Moonshot AI suspended new subscriptions to Kimi K3 on July 19, just two days after launching the 2.8-trillion-parameter open-weight model, saying GPU demand had maxed out its current capacity.

• Kimi K3 launched July 17 as the largest open-weight model released to date
• New subscription sign-ups paused July 19 after demand hit capacity limits within 48 hours
• Existing paid subscribers keep priority access and are unaffected by the pause
• Moonshot is splitting subscriptions into separate "Kimi Membership" and "Kimi Code Membership" tiers to spread GPU load
• No fixed date given for reopening; new slots to return gradually and in phases

Demand has pushed close to the limits of our current capacity. - Moonshot AI

The pause comes right after independent evaluations put Kimi K3 third on the intelligence index and first on the frontend coding leaderboard, and undercuts the open-weights narrative that cheaper Chinese models would ease compute pressure rather than add to it.