# moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct

Calls to the model moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct on Together AI stopped working on July 29, 2026.

Together AI retired model moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct on July 29, 2026. Calls targeting this model fail since that date. The removal took effect without an earlier announced date in the records.

## What to use instead

The initial suggested replacement moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 also stopped working on August 19, 2026. No replacement that holds is named yet.

- API: Together AI (api.together.xyz)
- Model: moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct
- Released: July 11, 2025 (models.dev)
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: July 29, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct`
- Source: [Deprecations page](https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against Together AI's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/together-ai/moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct/

## Together AI's words

> Removal date: 2026-07-29; Model: moonshotai/Kimi-K2-Instruct; Suggested replacement: moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6

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