# Kimi Chat

Kimi Chat is an AI model released by Moonshot AI on Oct 9 2023.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Model | Kimi Chat |
| Developer | Moonshot AI |
| Release date | Monday, Oct 9 2023 |
| Licensing | Proprietary |

## Questions and answers

### When was Kimi Chat released?

Kimi Chat was released by Moonshot AI on Monday, Oct 9 2023.

### Who made Kimi Chat?

Kimi Chat was built by Moonshot AI. Chinese AI company building the Kimi family of models. Founded in 2023, known for long-context and efficient MoE architectures.

### Is Kimi Chat open source?

No. Kimi Chat is a proprietary model. The weights are not published — it is available only through the provider's own API, apps, or partner platforms.

### What came before and after Kimi Chat?

It was followed by Kimi K1.5 on Jan 20 2025.


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Canonical page: https://aireleasetracker.com/model/moonshot/kimi-chat
Full dataset: https://aireleasetracker.com/llms-full.txt · JSON: https://aireleasetracker.com/models.json
Source: AI Release Tracker (https://aireleasetracker.com). Benchmark scores are the figures published by the releasing lab at launch.