Kimi K3: Moonshot AI stops new subscriptions due to GPU bottleneck

8 hours ago · Moonshot AI has temporarily stopped selling new subscriptions for its AI chatbot, Kimi. The Chinese startup cites unexpectedly high demand for its new Frontier ... Moonshot AI has temporarily stopped selling new subscriptions for its AI chatbot, Kimi The Chinese startup cites unexpectedly high demand for its new Frontier model, Kimi K3, released a few days ago, as the reason for this step

Details

The rush is pushing available GPU resources to their limits, the company states Continue after ad Capacity limits reached On the platform X, Moonshot announced that demand “close to the limits of our current capacity” in the past 48 hours To protect current users and avoid quality degradation, they are currently not allowing new subscriptions Existing paying customers are not affected

Context

Moonshot AI does not make specific statements about existing capacities and their utilization, and the information cannot be verified The company announced that it will expand the infrastructure “as fast as we can” and gradually allow new subscriptions again The company did not provide a specific timeline Videos by heise New tariff model planned Parallel to the access restriction, Moonshot AI announces a restructuring of its subscription models

Impact

In the future, there will be the “Kimi Membership” tariff for the web portal, the app, and the productivity service Kimi Work, as well as a separate “Kimi Code Membership” tariff for software development The goal is a more precise allocation of computing resources This article was originally published in German It was translated with technical assistance and editorially reviewed before publication.