FRONTIER LAB / LLM · WORTH A LOOK
Kimi (Moonshot AI)
Moonshot AI's Kimi assistant and models; Kimi K3 adds agent swarms, Goal mode, consultant-grade slides, Excel and PDF work.
What Kimi (Moonshot AI) does
Moonshot AI's Kimi assistant and models; Kimi K3 adds agent swarms, Goal mode, consultant-grade slides, Excel and PDF work.
Good for
- Agentic research and slide generation
- Open-weight coding model via API
Try this in 10 minutes
- Upload a sketch plus a prompt and ask for a 3D building. (shown at 0:10 in the video)
- Check whether the scene tree comes out as separate, editable parts. (shown at 0:15 in the video)
- Try the camera animation timeline. (shown at 0:18 in the video)
From our fact-or-hype test list for “Kimi 3D Make launch promo by Moonshot AI”.
Honest take
Some claims not independently checked
- Fact or hype verdict on Kimi 3D Make launch promo by Moonshot AI: an attractive demo of sketch-to-3D, scene editing and export. Treat it as a feature tour, not proof: load times are edited out and the hardest claims (driving Blender/CAD, games) aren't shown working. Source video
- Gap category: Frontier labs.
- Why: Known gap; fast-rising Chinese lab.
- Pricing from kimi.com/membership/pricing (2026-10-20).
- 3D Make promo watched (31 Oct): sketch/prompt to 3D, scene tree, camera timeline, contextual placement, text edits, Explode slider, GLB/STL/3MF export (model shown: K3.1 Pro High).
- Notes: video-notes/2026-10-31_kimi-3d-make-promo.md.
What we couldn’t verify
- Hype check: a 'Kimi is controlling Blender' toast appears but the video never shows it driving Blender or CAD; 'develop games' is a 2-second clip; load times are edited out.
Pricing
Free (Adagio) $0; Plus $15/mo billed annually ($180/yr; $19 list); Pro $31/mo ($372/yr; $39 list); Max $79/mo ($948/yr; $99 list); Ultra $159/mo ($1,908/yr; $199 list). API priced separately.
Prices as listed by the maker when we last checked (2026-10-31); usually in US dollars. Check the website for current prices.
Latest update
- 2026-10-30: Launched 3D Make: Kimi connects to Blender and CAD tools to create 3D models, assemble scenes and develop games; available now on kimi.ai and Kimi Work, with a follow-up post of 5 tips and walkthroughs for 3D work.
- : 3D Make launch promo watched: sketch-to-3D, scene edits, Explode view and GLB/STL/3MF export shown; Blender/CAD control and game building claimed but not shown working.
- : Kimi plugins for Gmail, Google Drive and Google Calendar (29 Oct): summarise email threads, find Drive files and plan your day, via OAuth access you control.
- : Apologised for K3.1 Pro subscription rate limits and wasted quota; one-time usage reset restoring 25% of monthly quota for every subscriber, plus fewer unnecessary subagent calls and shorter outputs.
- : Kimi K3.1 Pro: 2.8T-parameter (104B active) MoE, 1M-token context, multimodal; live in Kimi, Kimi Work, Kimi Code and the API (plus a 2-3x faster Highspeed version). $2/$10 per million input/output tokens. Moonshot says open weights by 4 Nov and claims it matches top closed models on coding/agent benchmarks (its own evals, no independent tests yet).
Is Kimi (Moonshot AI) worth it? Quick answers
Is Kimi (Moonshot AI) worth it?
Kimi (Moonshot AI) is worth a look if it matches a job you already do (Frontier lab / LLM). There is a free tier, so you can test it before paying. Some of the maker's claims have not been independently checked.
How much does Kimi (Moonshot AI) cost?
Free (Adagio) $0; Plus $15/mo billed annually ($180/yr; $19 list); Pro $31/mo ($372/yr; $39 list); Max $79/mo ($948/yr; $99 list); Ultra $159/mo ($1,908/yr; $199 list). API priced separately.
What is Kimi (Moonshot AI) used for?
Moonshot AI's Kimi assistant and models; Kimi K3 adds agent swarms, Goal mode, consultant-grade slides, Excel and PDF work. Typical uses: agentic research and slide generation; open-weight coding model via API.