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Kimi-K2-Instruct
Kimi-K2-Instruct is an open-weight language model published by Moonshot AI.
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What is Kimi-K2-Instruct?+
Kimi-K2-Instruct is an open-weight language model published by Moonshot AI. It is developed by Moonshot AI and its current sourced lifecycle status is active.
What inputs and outputs does Kimi-K2-Instruct support?+
Kimi-K2-Instruct's current record lists Text as input and Text as output.
How much context does Kimi-K2-Instruct support?+
The current record lists a 131,072-token context window and does not report a maximum output length.
Is Kimi-K2-Instruct available through an API?+
Kimi-K2-Instruct is marked as API-available. No directly sourced serving-provider record is attached yet.
How large is Kimi-K2-Instruct?+
The current record lists 1T total parameters and 32B active parameters. Its architecture is DeepseekV3ForCausalLM.
What capabilities and tasks does Kimi-K2-Instruct support?+
Kimi-K2-Instruct's recorded capabilities are chat, generation, and tools. Its supported tasks are text.
Can Kimi-K2-Instruct be self-hosted?+
Kimi-K2-Instruct is an open-weight model. Self-hosting is supported, and the recorded license is other.
Does Kimi-K2-Instruct have related versions or aliases?+
No predecessor is recorded. No successor is recorded. Recorded aliases are moonshotai/Kimi-K2-Instruct.
Which models can Kimi-K2-Instruct be compared with?+
The current compatible peer set includes Kimi-K2-Thinking, Kimi-K2.5, Kimi-K2.6, Kimi-K3, and GLM-5. Compatibility requires shared sourced modalities and tasks; it does not imply that one model is better. Browse model comparisons →
How current is the Model Markets record for Kimi-K2-Instruct?+
Kimi-K2-Instruct was last verified Aug 28, 2026 from Moonshot AI's primary source, “moonshotai/Kimi-K2-Instruct developer model repository.” The evidence is classified as official fact.
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