Kimi K2 Thinking

About Kimi K2 Thinking

Kimi K2 is Moonshot AI's flagship model, delivering exceptional performance on complex reasoning and coding tasks. The model features advanced capabilities that compete with frontier models from larger labs. Kimi K2 excels at mathematical reasoning, code generation, and sophisticated analysis tasks. It demonstrates strong performance on challenging benchmarks and features an extended context window. The model is particularly valuable for applications requiring genuine reasoning capability. For developers seeking capable AI from an innovative Chinese AI lab, Kimi K2 offers compelling capability. It's especially strong for technical applications and scenarios requiring careful analytical thinking.

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Get started with Kimi K2 Thinking API

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.provider.com/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="moonshotai/kimi-k2-thinking-20251106",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

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