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Kimi
Moonshot AI's open-weight Kimi family — long-context reasoning and coding models from China.
Model Facts
Latest model: Kimi K3
- Provider
- Moonshot AI
- Released
- Jul 16, 2026
- Context window
- 1M tokens
- Weights
- Open
Full Model List
| Model | Released | Status | Context | Modalities | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi K3 | Jul 16, 2026 | current | 1M tokens | Text, image, video | 2.8T-parameter MoE (16 of 896 experts active), native vision and video |
| Kimi K2.7-Code | Jun 12, 2026 | legacy | 256K tokens | – | open-weight 1T-parameter MoE coding model |
| Kimi K2.6 | Apr 21, 2026 | legacy | 256K tokens | – | 1T-parameter MoE (32B active), 256K context, open weights |
- Official model page:
- moonshot.ai
- Official documentation:
- platform.moonshot.ai/docs
- Other sources:
- Kimi K3 (DataNorth)
- Kimi K2.6 (DataNorth)
What it is
Kimi is Moonshot AI's model family. Kimi K3, announced on July 16, 2026, is a 2.8-trillion-parameter mixture-of-experts model described as the first open 3T-class model, with a 1M-token context window and native vision and video understanding. It follows Kimi K2.6 (April 2026) and the coding-focused K2.7-Code (June 2026).
Where this information comes from
Details come from launch coverage of Kimi K3 and K2.6. Weights were announced as freely downloadable shortly after launch; check Moonshot AI's Hugging Face page for the current license terms. Release dates, context windows and benchmark scores are vendor-reported unless stated, and harnesses differ between labs, so treat the numbers as indicative.
Notable traits
- Open weights at a very large scale.
- Strong focus on coding and long-context agent work.
- A dedicated coding variant (K2.7-Code) sits alongside the general model.