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Models2026-08-30 · source-backed
Hy4 preview, released August 28: 770B total parameters, 49B active, over 1M token context, open-sourced and simultaneously on Tencent Cloud TokenHub and OpenRouter at $0.834 per million input tokens, $2.501 per million output, $0.042 per million cached. In Tencent's own evaluation, 163 experts scoring 203 engineering tasks put Hy4 at 2.99/4.00 against GLM-5.3 at 2.92 and Kimi K3 at 2.94. (Tencent) The distribution move is what I'd watch: Tencent bundled it free for two weeks into WorkBuddy and CodeBuddy, its office and coding products, instead of selling it as a standalone subscription. It also took #2 on Product Hunt's August 29 board with 202 votes, which is unusual for a raw model launch on a board built for consumer products.
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Tencent released CodeBuddy / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
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Claude Code uses Kimi K3 / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
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Kimi K3 competes with OpenAI / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
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Tencent released CodeBuddy / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
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OpenRouter released Ox Alpha / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
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Baseten supports Kimi K3 / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
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Claude Code uses Kimi K3 / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
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Kimi K3 competes with OpenAI / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Kimi K3 competes with OpenAI); both cover August, Kimi K3; overlapping topics (august, coding, model).