Frontier builder · China

Moonshot AI / Kimi

Frontier IC25 · Edition 2026.3 · Evidence reviewed October 8, 2026 UTC

Kimi combines multimodal agent models, downloadable checkpoints and a direct API.

Selected for a consequential, inspectable general-purpose model contribution. The displayed model is a named representative, not a claim of latest or best performance.

Country refers to the organization, not inference or data-residency location.

Selected model

Kimi K2.6 · kimi-k2.6

International direct API; standard uncached input; taxes excluded

256K (262,144) · Context window

Scope and limitations

• 32K / 32,768 is the documented default max_tokens setting, not a published hard maximum; leave max output null.
• Reasoning is enabled by default and can be disabled. Reasoning content counts toward input/output token consumption.
• Modified MIT adds a Kimi K2.6 UI attribution requirement for commercial products exceeding 100M monthly active users or USD20M monthly revenue.
• Selected K2.6 remains listed and explicitly general-purpose. Do not describe it as the newest Kimi model.

Original sources

• Kimi K2.6 API guide
• Kimi official platform model prices
• Kimi inference pricing and billing
• Kimi K2.6 published model card
• Modified MIT license
• Kimi thinking models
• Moonshot AI company address

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