Model · Multimodal language model
Kimi K2.8 Preview
Moonshot AI's Kimi K2.8 Preview, a text, image, and video reasoning model with 1M-token context released September 11, 2026, served behind the kimi-for-coding API identifier across Kimi Code surfaces.
- Developer
- Moonshot AI
- Distribution
- Developer API
- Artifact licensing
- Proprietary access
- License scope
- Reviewed release artifacts and mandatory terms; not an assessment of training code or training data openness.
- Licenses
- Proprietary
- Boundary
- This record represents the Kimi K2.8 Preview release of September 11, 2026, served behind the unchanged kimi-for-coding API identifier across Kimi Code, Kimi Code CLI, and Kimi Work. The reviewed Kimi K3, K2.7 Code, and earlier K2 records are separate boundaries.
Risk statements
Not yet examined.
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