Together AI and Moonshot AI enter partnership for native Kimi operation
Together AI has entered into a strategic partnership with Moonshot AI to host the Kimi models natively on its platform, offering lower latency and higher performance.
What happened?
Together AI and the Chinese AI developer Moonshot AI have entered a strategic partnership. The agreement establishes that Together AI will host the Kimi models natively on its cloud infrastructure. While Moonshot AI’s NEA models have previously been available on the platform, this partnership is intended to provide lower latency, higher data throughput, and improved performance for developers.
Key facts
| Partner 1 | Together AI |
|---|---|
| Partner 2 | Moonshot AI |
| Nyckelmodell | Kimi-1.5 |
| Kontextfönster Kimi-1.5 | 128 000 tokens |
Why it matters
Moonshot AI is one of China's leading actors in large-scale language models, with the Kimi series known for its support for long context windows and multimodality. By transitioning to native hosting on Together AI, the platform can offer optimized hardware and software to reduce response times and operational costs for demanding AI applications.
Who is affected?
The partnership is aimed at software developers and companies building applications based on Moonshot AI’s Kimi models that require high-performance infrastructure. It also simplifies the integration of Kimi-1.5 for international firms already utilising Together AI workflows.
Impact on the EU
A selection of Moonshot AI’s Kimi models is available on the Together AI platform for global users, including developers in the EU. The collaboration is not affected by any specific EU restrictions.
What else you should know
Kimi-1.5, one of the key models in the collaboration, supports context windows of up to 128,000 tokens and possesses advanced capabilities to process both text and images. Together AI also provides the safety tool Llama Guard to facilitate secure, large-scale deployment of the models.
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