AI Model Release Tracker

Moonshot AI

12 releases · Oct 2023 – Jul 2026

Chinese AI company building the Kimi family of models. Founded in 2023, known for long-context and efficient MoE architectures. AI Release Tracker has logged 12 Moonshot AI models, from Kimi Chat (Oct 9 2023) through Kimi K3 (Jul 16 2026). Every release below links to a dedicated page with benchmarks, parameters, and context window.

A new Moonshot AI model typically arrives about every 52 days, with the next projected around Monday, Sep 7, 2026. Its strongest benchmark results to date include MCP Atlas (84.2%, on Kimi K3), BrowseComp (91.2%, on Kimi K3), and MMMU-Pro (81.6%, on Kimi K3). 10 of the 12 models tracked here are open-weight or open-source; the rest are proprietary.

Release cadence

Expected next release
Mon, Sep 7
Days since last releaseTypically every 52 days
 
Recent intervals
Thu, 16 Jul 2026 · Kimi K3
34
Fri, 12 Jun 2026 · Kimi K2.7 Code
52
Tue, 21 Apr 2026 · Kimi K2.6
84
Tue, 27 Jan 2026 · Kimi K2.5
82
Thu, 6 Nov 2025 · Kimi K2 Thinking
7

Releases by year

Year-over-year totals for Moonshot AI. The current year is partial.

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Releases by day of week

Which days of the week Moonshot AI ships on.

Best benchmark scores

MCP Atlas
Kimi K3
84.2%
#2 of 11
BrowseComp
Kimi K3
91.2%
#3 of 28
MMMU-Pro
Kimi K3
81.6%
#4 of 12
Terminal-Bench 2.1
Kimi K3
88.3%
#5 of 30
Next.js Evals
Kimi K3
84%
#5 of 28
CharXiv Reasoning
Kimi K3
84.8%
#5 of 16

All releases

12 releases · Oct 9 2023 – Jul 16 2026

2023

1 release
Kimi Chat
Mon, Oct 9

Frequently asked questions

The most recent Moonshot AI model tracked on AI Release Tracker is Kimi K3, released on Jul 16 2026.

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