Kimi
Kimi is Moonshot AI’s assistant powered by its Kimi K3 model, built for agentic coding, slides, deep research and parallel tasks with agent swarms.
About this tool
Kimi is the AI assistant from Moonshot AI, a Chinese AI company. Its current flagship model, Kimi K3, has a context window of one million tokens and is aimed at software engineering, knowledge work and deep reasoning. In the assistant, Moonshot promotes uses such as visual coding of playable games, consulting-style slide decks, deep research, and work with Excel, PDF and Word files.
Kimi can also split work into parallel tasks through features the company calls Swarm and Goal. Developers can use the same models through the Kimi API on Moonshot’s platform, which offers K3, a dedicated coding model and a general multimodal model, plus ready-made tools for web search, memory, spreadsheet analysis, safe JavaScript execution and web page extraction.
What you can do
Kimi K3 model
A flagship model with a 1M-token context window for coding, knowledge work and reasoning.
Office and research tasks
Create slides, work with spreadsheets, PDFs and Word documents, and run deep research.
Agent swarm
Run several tasks in parallel with Swarm and Goal to handle larger projects.
Kimi API and tools
Developers get the models plus built-in tools for search, memory, file analysis and code execution.
Who is it for?
- A consultant drafts a slide deck from research notes and a few prompts.
- A developer builds a small browser game using Kimi’s visual coding abilities.
- An analyst runs several research questions in parallel and merges the findings.
Before you choose
Kimi is operated by a company based in China; review its privacy terms and data handling before uploading sensitive documents.
Very long context windows can increase cost and latency through the API; check pricing before sending large inputs.
Frequently asked questions
Who makes Kimi?
Kimi is developed by Moonshot AI, which also offers the Kimi models to developers through its API platform.
What is Kimi K3?
Kimi K3 is Moonshot AI’s most capable model so far, with a one-million-token context window designed for coding, knowledge work and reasoning.
Is there a Kimi API?
Yes. The Moonshot AI platform provides the Kimi API, including K3, a coding model, a multimodal model and built-in tools.
Check the official website for current features, pricing, and terms.
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