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Moonshot AI ships Kimi K3.1 Pro, October's newest frontier model

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4 min read · 25 October 2026

Moonshot AI released Kimi K3.1 Pro on October 23 — the most recently tracked frontier model in a month that has refused to slow down, and a reminder that the release race now runs through Beijing as much as San Francisco.

Summary

Kimi K3.1 Pro released October 23 by Moonshot AI
Newest entry on frontier release trackers
October saw nine frontier releases in five weeks
Evaluation, not announcement-reading, is the real skill now

Sources (3)

llm-stats.com/llm-updates
aireleasetracker.com
www.digitalapplied.com/blog/ai-model-releases-october-2026-tracker

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