Kimi K3 inference costs could fall 10x to 50x as serving stacks mature
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-07-21
The quoted discussion argues that open-source AI is not “free” because someone still has to pay inference and optimize serving speed.
It then claims Kimi K3’s inference cost could fall by 10x to 50x over the next few months as infrastructure matures, suggesting the current cost is driven more by immature serving stacks than by a hard technical ceiling.
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