US Platforms Deploy Kimi K3 at 10% of China's Cost
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-07-20
Analysis indicates that US cloud platforms like Modal, Fireworks, and Baseten can offer Kimi K3 inference services at one-tenth the cost of their Chinese competitors.
The core reason is unrestricted access to advanced Nvidia and AMD chips. This creates a paradox: while model R&D shifts to China, optimal commercialization and inference for architectures like Nvidia's next-gen Rubin may still rely on overseas compute infrastructure and hardware ecosystems.
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