Moonshot AI

[Beijing, China][founded 2023][backed by Tsinghua-linked investment]www.kimi.com

Founded in 2023 and headquartered in Beijing, Moonshot AI develops the Kimi series of foundation models with Tsinghua-linked backing. The lab built one of China's first consumer-scale long-context LLM products in Kimi Chat, and its K2 family targets agentic coding and knowledge work. Moonshot is among the most heavily funded Chinese AI startups.

Models by Moonshot AI (3)

Kimi K3

Moonshot AI

Flagship 2.8T MoE (largest open-source model ever) with 1M context, built for long-horizon coding and agent workloads

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Release Date2026-07-16

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Kimi K2.7 Code

Moonshot AI

Coding-tuned multimodal model with agentic tool use and strong visual coding

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Release Date2026-06-12

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Kimi K2.6

Moonshot AI

Native multimodal model with top-tier visual coding capability

Context Length262,144

Release Date2026-05-08

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