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Re:Moonshot AI suspends new subscriptions due to Kimi K3 demand by jgalt212 on Sunday July 19, 2026 @04:37PM (#48971486)
So this is what Hetzner should have done instead of raising prices to calibrate supply and demand?
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Re:Moonshot AI suspends new subscriptions due to Kimi K3 demand by ashleyn on Sunday July 19, 2026 @05:20PM (#48971749)
If anything, this suggests Kimi K3 is underpriced, forcing rationing of compute resources. Anthropic even struggles to avoid 503 errors at the $50/mtok point.
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Re:Moonshot AI suspends new subscriptions due to Kimi K3 demand by nchmy on Sunday July 19, 2026 @05:17PM (#48971726)
no...
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Re:Moonshot AI suspends new subscriptions due to Kimi K3 demand by shiandow on Sunday July 19, 2026 @08:48PM (#48973176)
Seems like a different problem. You can't offer hardware at a price you can't buy new hardware with, so there isn't much of a choice there. But pricing away existing customers simply to lower demand is a bold move, especially if you could simply solve the supply issue instead.
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