Kimi K2.6 by Moonshot AI (China) | AI model information

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Kimi K2.6

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Provider: Moonshot AI (China)
Model key: kimi-k2.6
Release date: Apr 21, 2026
Last updated: Apr 21, 2026
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Latest news about Kimi K2.6

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Moonshot AI releases flagship model as open-source push continues | South China Morning Post

Open-source push continues with Kimi K2.6, but pressure to monetise is nudging some Chinese AI firms behind closed doors.

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China’s Moonshot AI Releases Kimi K2.6, Pushing Boundaries in Coding, Multi-Agent Capabilities

(Yicai) April 21 -- Chinese artificial intelligence startup Moonshot AI launched Kimi K2.6, the latest addition to its Kimi series of open-source large...

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The Rise Of Agent Swarms: Moonshot AI’s Kimi K2.6 Release Signals A Shift From Prompt-Based AI To Autonomous Systems | MEXC News

Moonshot AI launches Kimi K2.6 open-source model with 300-agent swarms, boosting coding, long-horizon execution, and autonomous workflows across developer and enterprise

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Moonshot AI launches Kimi K2.6 on Kimi Chat and APIs

Kimi K2.6 brings long-context coding and agent execution support to developers and Kimi Chat users.

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Moonshot Launches Kimi K2.6: An Open-Weight Model with Enhanced Performance in Long-Horizon Coding Tasks, Offered Under a Modified MIT License (Kimi AI) | Intellectia.AI

- **Introduction of Kim K2.6**: Kimi AI has launched Kim K2.6, an open-weight model that demonstrates significant improvements in long-horizon coding ...

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Moonshot AI Launches Kimi K2.6 with Enhanced Features | Phemex News

Moonshot AI releases Kimi K2.6, an open-source model with advanced programming capabilities, supporting ultra-long tasks, cross-language generalization, an

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Moonshot AI's Kimi K2.6 launch challenges Anthropic's AI dominance

Moonshot AI launched Kimi K2.6, reducing Anthropic's chance of having the best AI model by April 2026; Google at 20% YES for best AI model by May 2026.

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Moonshot AI releases Kimi-K2.6 model with 1T parameters, attention optimizations - SiliconANGLE

Cost

Input token cost: $0.95
Output token cost: $4.00

Limits

Output tokens: 262,144 tokens

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