On January 21, at the 2026 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Zhang Yutong, who serves as the President of Kimi under Yuezhian'an, shared some remarkable insights. She highlighted that Kimi has successfully developed globally leading open - source models, namely Kimi K2 and Kimi K2 Thinking. What's truly astonishing is that these models were created using a mere 1% of the resources employed by top - tier US labs. In fact, in certain aspects, their performance even outstrips that of the best closed - source models in the United States.

Zhang Yutong went on to elaborate that Kimi places a strong emphasis on incorporating engineering thinking into its research endeavors. This approach is aimed at guaranteeing that algorithmic innovations can be reliably and extensively implemented within production systems. Additionally, she dropped a tantalizing hint, revealing that Kimi's latest model is set to be unveiled in the near future.