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Kimi K2.6

ProprietaryMultimodal

About

Kimi K2.6 is Moonshot AI's latest agentic reasoning model, launched April 13 2026 as a code preview for Kimi Code subscribers. Built on a 1-trillion-parameter MoE architecture (32B active, 384 experts), it inherits K2.5's 256K context window and adds enhanced reliability for long-horizon agentic workflows — supporting 200–300 sequential tool calls without drift. Optimized for coding, multi-step agent planning, and vision-assisted tasks such as processing screenshots, PDFs, and spreadsheets.

Capabilities

VisionMultimodalReasoningFunction CallingTool UseStructured OutputsCode Execution

Providers(1)

ProviderInput (per 1M)Output (per 1M)Type
Moonshot AI Kimi——Serverless

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Specifications

FamilyKimi K2
Released2026-04-13
Parameters1T (MoE, 32B active)
Context262K
ArchitectureMixture of Experts (MoE)
Specializationcoding

Created by

Moonshot AIMoonshot AI

Lossless long-context AI innovation

Beijing, China
Founded 2023
Website

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Moonshot AI Kimi