Overview
Kimi K2 was released by Beijing-based Moonshot AI in July 2025 as one of the largest open-weight models, emphasizing agentic capabilities.
Highlights
- 1T total, 32B active parameters
- Optimized for tool use and agents
- Strong coding results reported by the developer
- Modified MIT license
Typical uses
Self-hosted agents and coding assistants on large GPU clusters; available through APIs.
Things to consider
- Requires data-center hardware to self-host.
Specifications are taken from the model card on Hugging Face and the provider’s announcement. Benchmark results depend on evaluation settings; see how AI benchmarks work.