Physix FrontierPhysix Frontier · News Briefing Card (TMTPost · Oct 4, 2026)
Kimi K3 Enters OpenAI Enterprise Billing System
KEY FACTS
- On September 30, Baseten announced that enterprise users can use Kimi K3 within OpenAI's coding tool Codex.
- Kimi K3 usage fees are billed directly against enterprises' existing OpenAI procurement commitments.
- This is the first time a Chinese open-source model has entered OpenAI's enterprise paid billing channel.
- Previously, Amazon Bedrock had already integrated Kimi K3 under a revenue-sharing partnership.
- DeepSeek has open-sourced compilation tools, compute libraries, and communication libraries for Huawei's Ascend platform.
KEY DATA
September 30When Kimi K3 entered the OpenAI billing system
3 categoriesNumber of DeepSeek open-source components
128 cardsScale of Ascend supernode solution
PHYSIX OBSERVATION
A Chinese model has been embedded into OpenAI's enterprise procurement channel for the first time, indicating rising recognition of Chinese model capabilities among overseas customers, and also signaling that the revenue-sharing partnership model between cloud vendors and model providers is taking shape. For domestic vendors, this is a key step from selling APIs to entering the global mainstream billing system, but whether they can continue to secure enterprise orders remains to be seen.
Source: TMTPost report