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Moonshot makes faster K2.7 Code HighSpeed generally available

July 9, 2026 at 22:02 EDT

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Moonshot AI began general availability of its high-speed coding model, K2.7 Code HighSpeed, on its Kimi Code developer platform in early July 2026. After roughly three weeks in beta, subscribers on the Allegretto tier and above can now use it without applying to the beta program.

Early July 2026 · Moonshot AI

Kimi K2.7 Code HighSpeed goes fully live

After roughly three weeks in beta, Moonshot AI's high-speed coding model is now generally available on the Kimi Code platform — same agentic model, faster inference, built for long-horizon coding tasks.

~180 tok/s

HighSpeed output on median-length inputs

260 tok/s

Peak speed on shorter-context tasks

256K

Context window; text, image & video inputs

3×

Credit consumption vs Standard mode

Kimi Code Bench v2 — K2.7 Code vs previous generation

+21.8% end-to-end coding success improvement over K2.6

50.9

K2.6

62.0

K2.7 Code

Also cuts thinking tokens by ~30% to curb overthinking

Access — Kimi Code plans

Moderato

$19/mo

Allegretto · HighSpeed unlocks here

$31/mo

Allegro

$79/mo

HighSpeed available on Allegretto and above, plus separate per-token API billing. Toggle in the CLI via /model → kimi-for-coding-highspeed.

What users like

"Clearly better than the previous generation"
"Excellent implementation"
Speed boost seen as practical for agentic workflows

The caveats

Thinks long and consumes tokens heavily
Quickly hits weekly usage limits
HighSpeed's 3× credits means alternating with Standard by task

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