Open-Source Coding Agents Catch Big Tech as Compute Costs Explode

The AI agent arms race just shifted gears. Today, Moonshot AI dropped Kimi K2.6, a massive open-source powerhouse matching top proprietary models in complex coding tasks. As developers celebrate, Big Tech is feeling the burn. Microsoft and Anthropic are abruptly ditching flat-rate pricing due to soaring compute costs. Meanwhile, Google's Sergey Brin is personally leading a massive 'strike team' to close the coding gap, and OpenAI dropped a