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AssistantMoonshot AI

Kimi

Moonshot's assistant — long-context chat, deep research, and agents.

Categories
AssistantAgent
Pricing
FREEMIUM
Source
Proprietary
Hosting
Cloud
Platforms
WebiOSAndroid
Models
Single model (proprietary)
Verified
Jun 6, 2026

Moonshot AI's assistant — long-context chat, Deep Research, and an agent mode (Kimi Code, parallel subagents). Built on the open-weight Kimi K2 model family.

Capabilities 3

What it actually does — grouped by capability family.

  • Autonomous coding agent (primary capability)
  • Multi-agent orchestration (secondary capability)
  • Web research agent (secondary capability)

Pros & cons

  • Built on open-weight Kimi K2 models
  • Agent mode with parallel subagents
  • Free tier available
  • China-based, data-residency concerns
  • English UX less polished than rivals
  • Smaller ecosystem than ChatGPT/Gemini
  • Availability varies by region

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