# Kimi K2.6 spotted on Arena

Kimi K2.6 from Moonshot was first recorded on 11 Sep 2026. Its release date is not established. Catalogues list a 262,144 tokens context window. 15 evidence links.

- Kind: Sighting
- Developer: Moonshot
- Confidence: Supported
- First seen: 2026-09-11T21:39:38.120Z
- Model: [Kimi K2.6](https://alexgetman.com/models/moonshot/kimi-k2-6-2/)
- Canonical: https://alexgetman.com/signals/2026/09/11/kimi-k2-6/

## Evidence links

- [Arena · leaderboards](https://www.kimi.com/blog/kimi-k2-6)
- [models.dev · catalogue](https://models.dev/#kimi-k2.6)
- [models.dev · catalogue](https://models.dev/#kimi-k2p6)
- [Hugging Face · inference providers](https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6)
- [TrueFoundry · Azure catalogue](https://github.com/truefoundry/models/blob/main/providers/microsoft-foundry/Kimi-K2.6.yaml)
- [TrueFoundry · Azure catalogue](https://github.com/truefoundry/models/blob/main/providers/azure-ai-foundry/Kimi-K2.6.yaml)
- [OpenCode · discovery](https://opencode.ai/data/moonshotai/kimi-k2-6)
- [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k2.6)
- [Artificial Analysis · benchmarks](https://artificialanalysis.ai/models)
- [models.dev · catalogue](https://models.dev/#Kimi-K2_6)
- [models.dev · catalogue](https://models.dev/#kimi-k2-6)
- [models.dev · catalogue](https://models.dev/#kimi-k2-6:free)
- [models.dev · catalogue](https://models.dev/#Kimi-K2.6)
- [Moonshot · model index](https://platform.kimi.ai/docs/models)
- [Kimi · API docs](https://platform.kimi.ai/docs/guide/kimi-k2-6-quickstart)