Overview
Moonshot AI is a Chinese AI lab known for the Kimi family of large language models, including open-weight coding models integrated into Western developer tools.
Flagship Models
- Kimi K2 series — mixture-of-experts architecture; trillion-parameter scale
- Kimi K2.7 Code — coding-focused agentic model; Modified MIT license; ~30% thinking-token reduction vs K2.6
Recent Developments
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2026-07-26: Imminent kimi-k3 full open-weights drop (Jul 27 00:00 UTC commitment); vllm day-0 prep; mxfp4 release config (2026-07-26-kimi-k3-open-weights-july-27-release)
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2026-07-20: Shareholder resolution for Hong Kong IPO path (~6 months); funding round may value >300M (moonshot-ai-hong-kong-ipo-30b)
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2026-07-19: Temporary pause on new kimi-k3 consumer subscriptions due to capacity (moonshot-kimi-k3-subscription-pause)
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2026-07-16: Launched kimi-k3 — 2.8T MoE, 1M context, native vision; API live; full weights promised Jul 27 (2026-07-17-moonshot-kimi-k3-28t-open-source)
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2026-07-15: Axios reports thinking-machines-lab used Kimi K2.5-generated data in inkling final training phase (2026-07-16-thinking-machines-inkling-axios)
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2026-07-01: Kimi K2.7 Code became first open-weight model in github-copilot model picker — hosted on Microsoft Azure (2026-07-02-github-copilot-kimi-official-changelog)
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Rollout: Copilot Pro/Pro+/Max; Business/Enterprise opt-in required (disabled by default)
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Also available via Kimi API and Kimi Code CLI