Kimi K3 is "open source until you get successful": $20M revenue triggers extra license terms
alex_verem · x · 2026-10-27
A thread points out that Kimi K3 ships as "open frontier weights" — downloadable, modifiable, and sellable — but the license has teeth:
- AI services making over $20M per year must strike a separate deal with Moonshot first.
- At 100M users or $20M per month, you must display "Kimi K3" on screen.
In effect, it's free while you're small; scale up and extra terms kick in. The main post is newsletter promotion; the substance is in the quoted thread.
Related event: Kimi K3 open-source license caps commercial use at $20M revenue(2 posts)→
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