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Chinese AI lab behind Kimi, a long-context language model assistant

Foundation ModelsFounded 2023#12 of 17 in Foundation Models

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Metric
+81.3%npm dependents
Measured values
29 vs 16Jul 12 vs Apr 13
Sources
2 sourcesLibraries.io API + THE DECODER · as of July 13, 2026
Cited source
THE DECODEROpen model Kimi K2.7 Code undercuts GPT-5.5 and Claude by up to 12x on price per token · Jun 13

THE DECODER reported "Open model Kimi K2.7 Code undercuts GPT-5.5 and Claude by up to 12x on price per token" as background; separately, Moonshot AI's npm dependents increased 81.3% over the last 90 days, with Libraries.io data through Jul 12.

What this does not prove: Does not show install volume, runtime use, paid use, customer count, revenue, market share, product quality, or code that consumes the package without declaring it in npm metadata.

Metric receipt (2 sources)

Measured public metric

  • Libraries.io API: Moonshot AI npm dependents · July 12, 2026

Cited source

  • THE DECODER: Open model Kimi K2.7 Code undercuts GPT-5.5 and Claude by up to 12x on price per token · June 13, 2026
Metric
npm dependents
Observed window
Last 90 days (2026-04-13 to 2026-07-12)
Comparison
Compared with the prior reading
Start value
16 on 2026-04-13
End value
29 on 2026-07-12
Calculation
((29 - 16) / 16) * 100 = +81.3%
Metric receipt
Retained AI-Buzz metric receipt; not externally reproducible from a single public URL.
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What is Moonshot AI?

Chinese AI lab behind Kimi, a long-context language model assistant

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npm downloads
PyPI downloads
npm dependents
GitHub stars
Hacker News mentions

Key metric

Package downloads (30d)

80.6K/30d

npm
80.3K
PyPI
319

Tracked packages: npm @ai-sdk/moonshotai; PyPI moonshotai

▲ +5%

Additional metrics

3 metrics

Metric

Dependent projects

29

Projects depending on tracked package: npm @ai-sdk/moonshotai

Metric

GitHub stars

10.9K

Main repository stars

Metric

Hacker News

1/30d

Position #12 in category discussion

Repository health

Maintenance data from the main open-source repository.

Releases (30d)
0

About Moonshot AI

Chinese AI lab behind Kimi, a long-context language model assistant

FounderYang Zhilin

Disclosed funding

Disclosed $1.1B · 2 rounds

Disclosed funding records total $1.1B. Category position #12 of 17 in Foundation Models.

Series B2024

Tencent, Alibaba

$1.0B
Seed2023

HongShan

$60M

Investors

AlibabaHongShanTencent

Tracked packages (2)

1 npm, 1 PyPI

@ai-sdk/moonshotai

npmMain npm package

@ai-sdk/moonshotai

Chinese AI lab behind Kimi, a long-context language model assistant

moonshotai

PyPIMain PyPI package

moonshotai

Chinese AI lab behind Kimi, a long-context language model assistant