Moonshot AI
Canonical page on the main site: sinoaihub.com/companies/moonshot-ai
Type
company
Definition
Moonshot AI is a Chinese AI company (also 月之暗面, Kimi) developing 4 foundation models and operating the Moonshot AI API.
Key facts
- 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.
- Foundation models: Kimi K3, Kimi K2.7 Code, Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed, Kimi K2.6
- Agents: Kimi Code
- API: Moonshot AI API
- Open-source: 8 projects
Aliases
- 月之暗面
- Kimi
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.
Ai Products
- Kimi (chat assistant, kimi.com / kimi.ai)
- Kimi API Platform (platform.kimi.ai)
- Kimi Work
- Kimi Code
Foundation Models
Open Models
Agents
API
Major Releases
| name | date | type |
|---|---|---|
| Kimi K3 | 2026-07-16 | model_release |
Timeline
| date | event | type | source | verification_date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 (spring) | Founded (月之暗面), Beijing | founding | https://www.moonshot.cn/about | 2026-09-20 |
| 2026-07-16 | Kimi K3 release (2.8T MoE, 1M context, open weights) | model_release | https://github.com/MoonshotAI/Kimi-K3 | 2026-09-20 |
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
Official Documentation
https://platform.kimi.ai/docs
Official Website
https://www.moonshot.ai/
Verification Status
verified
Last Verified
2026-09-20
Sources
| evidence_id | source_name | source_url | source_type | published | verified | confidence | conflict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| src-companies-moonshot-ai-1 | Moonshot AI official site (EN) | https://www.moonshot.ai/ | Official | — | 2026-09-20 | high | — |
| src-companies-moonshot-ai-2 | Moonshot AI company profile (CN) | https://www.moonshot.cn/about | Official | — | 2026-09-20 | high | — |
| src-companies-moonshot-ai-3 | Kimi API platform — model list | https://platform.kimi.ai/docs/models.md | Official documentation | — | 2026-09-20 | high | — |
| src-companies-moonshot-ai-4 | Kimi K3 GitHub README | https://github.com/MoonshotAI/Kimi-K3 | Official documentation | — | 2026-09-20 | high | — |