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Moonshot AI
Also known as: 月之暗面, Kimi
Moonshot AI is a Chinese AI company headquartered in 13F, Building 1, JD Technology Building, 76 Zhichun Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China, founded Spring 2023, known for the kimi-k3, kimi-k2.7-code, kimi-k2.7-code-highspeed models.
| Key fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Founded | Spring 2023 |
| Headquarters | 13F, Building 1, JD Technology Building, 76 Zhichun Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China |
| Funding | No official funding disclosure located as of 2026-09-22. |
| Official website | https://www.moonshot.ai/ |
| Documentation | https://platform.kimi.ai/docs |
| AI products | Kimi (chat assistant, kimi.com / kimi.ai), Kimi API Platform (platform.kimi.ai), Kimi Work, Kimi Code |
Major releases
| Release | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Kimi K3 | 2026-07-16 | model_release |
Open-source projects
- Kimi K3
- Kimi K2.5
- Kimi K2
- Kimi-VL
- Kimi-Audio
- Moonlight (Muon)
- kimi-code / kimi-cli
- WorldVQA / PerceptionBench / CombiBench / Kimi Code Bench 2.0
Moonshot AI (月之暗面), founded in spring 2023, develops the Kimi assistant and the open-weight Kimi K-series models. Its API platform is platform.kimi.ai (global; platform.kimi.com in China), with the API base at api.moonshot.ai. The flagship Kimi K3 (2.8T-parameter MoE, 1M context, native vision, open weights) was released 2026-07-16.
The company also maintains Kimi K2/K2.5 research releases, the kimi-cli coding agent, and publishes benchmarks (WorldVQA, PerceptionBench, CombiBench, Kimi Code Bench 2.0). Older API models (kimi-k2.5, moonshot-v1*, kimi-k2*) have been discontinued.
Sources
Data interpretation
| Field | Value | Evidence type |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | Spring 2023 | Official |
| Headquarters | 13F, Building 1, JD Technology Building, 76 Zhichun Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China | Official |
| Foundation models | kimi-k3, kimi-k2.7-code, kimi-k2.7-code-highspeed, kimi-k2.6 | Official |
| Major releases | 1 entries | Official |
| Entity relations | 4 models, 0 agents, 0 APIs | China AI Hub analysis |
Evidence types: Official = vendor documentation or official pages. China AI Hub analysis = derived from the database itself. See the sourcing policy.
Where is Moonshot AI based?
13F, Building 1, JD Technology Building, 76 Zhichun Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China.
Which foundation models does Moonshot AI offer?
kimi-k3, kimi-k2.7-code, kimi-k2.7-code-highspeed, kimi-k2.6.
Does Moonshot AI provide an API?
No API is currently listed for Moonshot AI in our database.
What open-source projects does Moonshot AI maintain?
Kimi K3, Kimi K2.5, Kimi K2, Kimi-VL, Kimi-Audio, Moonlight (Muon), kimi-code / kimi-cli, WorldVQA / PerceptionBench / CombiBench / Kimi Code Bench 2.0.
Where does China AI Hub get its Moonshot AI data?
From 4 sources, last verified 2026-09-20.