ToolsSeptember 18, 2026via AWS Machine Learning Blog
Introducing Kimi K3 on Amazon Bedrock
Why it matters
Practitioners can now access Kimi K3 through Bedrock's managed API, expanding open-weight choices for coding and knowledge work alongside proprietary alternatives. The 1M-token window and prompt caching address real latency/cost pain points in production.
Key signals
- Kimi K3 now available on Amazon Bedrock
- Open-weight model option
- 1-million-token context window
- Native vision capabilities
- Explicit prompt caching for latency and input cost reduction
- Positioned for coding and knowledge work
- Native vision capability
- Explicit prompt caching for latency and cost reduction
The hook
Moonshot's Kimi K3 hits Amazon Bedrock with 1M-token context and native vision — a new open-weight option for coding teams.
Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI is now available on Amazon Bedrock, giving you a powerful new open-weight option for coding and knowledge work. It offers native vision, a 1-million-token context window, and explicit prompt caching to reduce latency and input costs.