The Dark Side of the Moon open-source Kimi K2.5 model introduces "Agent Cluster" capability for the first time to enhance efficiency

Alibaba (09988.HK) supported AI startup Dark Side of the Moon has released and open-sourced the Kimi K2.5 model, which is the most intelligent model of Kimi to date, achieving state-of-the-art performance in open-source tasks across Agent, code, images, videos, and a range of general intelligence tasks, while supporting visual and text input, thinking and non-thinking modes, as well as dialogue and Agent tasks.

K2.5 introduces the "Agent Cluster" capability for the first time, allowing K2.5 to autonomously create its own "avatars," forming teams with different roles as needed to work in parallel, achieving 10x to 100x efficiency improvements.

At the same time, the company has released Kimi Code, a programming tool from Kimi, which can run directly in the terminal and seamlessly integrate into mainstream editors such as VSCode, Cursor, JetBrains, and Zed. Kimi Code fully leverages K2.5's multimodal advantages, supporting direct input of images and videos for programming assistance, and can automatically discover and migrate your existing skills to new workflows.

The release comes just before China's DeepSeek is expected to announce significant updates.

According to insiders, Dark Side of the Moon completed a $500 million financing round last month, with investors including Alibaba and IDG Capital, achieving a post-investment valuation of $4.3 billion. To meet investment demands, the company has initiated a new round of financing, targeting a valuation of up to $5 billion