Moonshot AI
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 Sep 6, 2026. Its strongest benchmark results to date include BullshitBench v2 (73%, on Kimi K3), GPQA Diamond (93.5%, on Kimi K3), and Arena Elo (Code) (1679, on Kimi K3). 10 of the 12 models tracked here are open-weight or open-source; the rest are proprietary.
Release cadence
Expected next releaseIn 32 days
Sep 6, 2026
Days since last releaseTypically every 52 days
20
Recent intervals
16 Jul 2026 · Kimi K3
34
12 Jun 2026 · Kimi K2.7 Code
52
21 Apr 2026 · Kimi K2.6
84
27 Jan 2026 · Kimi K2.5
82
6 Nov 2025 · Kimi K2 Thinking
7
Best benchmark scores
BullshitBench v2
Kimi K3
73%
#9 of 64Best: Claude Opus 4.8 · 95%
GPQA Diamond
Kimi K3
93.5%
#5 of 46Best: GPT-5.4-Pro · 94.4%
Arena Elo (Code)
Kimi K3
1679
#1Best published Arena Code score of all tracked models
SWE-Bench Verified
Kimi K2.6
80.2%
#6 of 36Best: Claude Fable 5 · 95.5%
Next.js Evals
Kimi K3
92%
#1Best published Next.js score of all tracked models
Terminal-Bench 2.1
Kimi K3
88.3%
#2 of 20Best: GPT-5.6 Sol · 88.8%
All releases
12 releases · Oct 9 2023 – Jul 16 20262025
7 releases2023
1 releaseMoonshot AI — frequently asked questions
- What is the latest Moonshot AI AI model?
- The most recent Moonshot AI model tracked on AI Release Tracker is Kimi K3, released on Jul 16 2026.
- How many AI models has Moonshot AI released?
- AI Release Tracker tracks 12 Moonshot AI model releases, from Kimi Chat on Oct 9 2023 through Kimi K3 on Jul 16 2026.
- What models has Moonshot AI released?
- Moonshot AI's tracked releases, newest first: Kimi K3 (Jul 16 2026), Kimi K2.7 Code (Jun 12 2026), Kimi K2.6 (Apr 21 2026), Kimi K2.5 (Jan 27 2026), Kimi K2 Thinking (Nov 6 2025), Kimi Linear (Oct 30 2025), Kimi K2 (0905) (Sep 5 2025), Kimi K2 (Jul 11 2025), Kimi-Dev (Jun 17 2025), Kimi-VL (Apr 10 2025), Kimi K1.5 (Jan 20 2025), Kimi Chat (Oct 9 2023).
- Which benchmarks does Moonshot AI lead?
- Among all models tracked here, Moonshot AI holds the best score on DeepSWE 1.0 (Kimi K3, 67.5%), Supabase Evals (no skills) (Kimi K3, 100%), BrowseComp (Kimi K3, 91.2%) and Arena Elo (Code) (Kimi K3, 1679).
- Does Moonshot AI release open models?
- Partly. 10 of 12 tracked Moonshot AI releases publish downloadable weights; the remaining 2 are proprietary.
- How often does Moonshot AI release new models?
- Across its 12 tracked releases, Moonshot AI has shipped a new model roughly every 92 days on average — about 4 releases per year.