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Kimi
Kimi is Moonshot AI's public assistant and developer model platform for chat, coding, research, tools, and agent-style work.
Moonshot presents Kimi as a public assistant and developer platform. Current choices include K3 for conversations and agent tasks, plus K3 Cluster for larger searches and batch work. This profile is for general reference, not a ranking, benchmark, or recommendation. Check the chatbot's own materials before relying on it.
What it is
Public assistant from Moonshot AI
Kimi is a broad AI assistant rather than a narrow single-task tool, which puts it in the same comparison field as other public chat products.
Why it stands out
Chat product plus model platform
Kimi is visible both as a public chatbot and as a developer platform around Kimi models, so readers may encounter it from either the consumer or builder side.
Availability
Public app and API platform
Kimi is available on the web, mobile, desktop, Kimi Code, and the Kimi API. Model choices, member credits, API prices, and tool access can differ between those routes.
Practical comparison
Choose the model route that matches the task
Start with the job rather than the model name: a quick question, a multimodal agent task, and a large batch run do not need the same route or member-credit tradeoff.
What readers may want to know
Where it fits
Kimi sits with the broad public assistants, while also attracting readers who care about coding, research tools, and agent-style tasks.
Current choices
K3, K3 Cluster, and K2.6 serve different jobs
Moonshot's current help pages describe K3 as a multimodal model for conversations, agent tasks, coding, documents, and long-context work. K3 Cluster is aimed at larger searches and batch processing, while K2.6 remains a faster chat option.
Before using
What readers may want to review
Which Kimi features and models are currently available in your region and account context.
How Kimi handles the documents, code, research, or tool-supported tasks that matter in your own workflow.
Current limits, pricing, accuracy caveats, and privacy or data-handling terms before relying on it for important work.
Best fit
Who may find it relevant
Readers comparing public AI assistants beyond the most familiar Western brands.
People who want to compare a chat product with the developer platform and model family behind it.
Less relevant for readers who only want a local-only model or a narrow specialist utility.
Ballot context
Why it belongs in AI Ballot
Kimi appears here because readers may encounter it as both a Moonshot chatbot and a model-platform option when comparing broad AI assistants.
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Original materials
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What to explore next
Connect the assistant to the Kimi model family
Kimi K3 offers one view into the wider model family. The agent guide helps separate that model layer from tools and workflows.
