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Kimi K2.5: Visual Agentic Intelligence

Studies joint visual-language training and multi-agent task decomposition in an open multimodal model.

Kimi Team et al.
2026-02-02 · Kimi · Research paper
Source checked: 2026-10-25Institution base · Moonshot AI · Kimi 🇨🇳 China
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Compare language-model reasoning and tool use to see how vision enters general agentic systems.

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@misc{team2026kimi,
  title = {Kimi K2.5: Visual Agentic Intelligence},
  author = {Kimi Team and Tongtong Bai and Yifan Bai and Yiping Bao and S. H. Cai and Yuan Cao and Ziwei Chai and Y. Charles and H. S. Che and Cheng Chen and Guanduo Chen and Huarong Chen and Jia Chen and Jianlong Chen and Jun Chen and Kefan Chen and Liang Chen and Ruijue Chen and Xinhao Chen and Yanru Chen and Yanxu Chen and Yicun Chen and Yimin Chen and Yingjiang Chen and Yuankun Chen and Yujie Chen and Yutian Chen and Zhirong Chen and Ziwei Chen and Dazhi Cheng and Yean Cheng and Minghan Chu and Jialei Cui and Jiaqi Deng and Muxi Diao and Hao Ding and Mengfan Dong and Mengnan Dong and Yuxin Dong and Yuhao Dong and Angang Du and Chenzhuang Du and Dikang Du and Lingxiao Du and Yulun Du and Yu Fan and Shengjun Fang and Qiulin Feng and Yichen Feng and Garimugai Fu and Kelin Fu and Hongcheng Gao and Tong Gao and Yuyao Ge and Shangyi Geng and Chengyang Gong and Xiaochen Gong and Zhuoma Gongque and Qizheng Gu and Xinran Gu and Yicheng Gu and Longyu Guan and Shuhao Guan and Yuanying Guo and Xiaoru Hao and Dailan He and Tianhong He and Weiran He and Wenyang He and Yibo He and Yunjia He and Chao Hong and Hao Hu and Jiaxi Hu and Yangyang Hu and Zhenxing Hu and Ke Huang and Ruiyuan Huang and Weixiao Huang and Zhiqi Huang and Chaobo Jia and Tao Jiang and Zhejun Jiang and Xinyi Jin and Yu Jing and Guokun Lai and Aidi Li and C. Li and Cheng Li and Fang Li and Guanghe Li and Guanyu Li and Haitao Li and Haoyang Li and Jia Li and Jingwei Li and Junxiong Li and Lincan Li and Mo Li and Weihong Li and Wentao Li and Xinhang Li and Xinhao Li and Yang Li and Yanhao Li and Yiwei Li and Yuxiao Li and Zhaowei Li and Zhaoxi Li and Zheming Li and Weilong Liao and Jiawei Lin and Xiaohan Lin and Yibo Lin and Zhishan Lin and Zichao Lin and Cheng Liu and Chenyu Liu and Hongzhang Liu and Liang Liu and Shaowei Liu and Shudong Liu and Shuran Liu and Tianwei Liu and Tianyu Liu and Weizhou Liu and Xiangyan Liu and Yangyang Liu and Yanming Liu and Yibo Liu and Yuanxin Liu and Zhengying Liu and Zhongnuo Liu and Enzhe Lu and Haoyu Lu and Zhiyuan Lu and G. Luo and Junyu Luo and Tongxu Luo and Yashuo Luo and Long Ma and Shaoguang Mao and Yuan Mei and Xin Men and Fanqing Meng and Zhiyong Meng and Yibo Miao and Minqing Ni and Kun Ouyang and Siyuan Pan and Bo Pang and Yuchao Qian and Ruoyu Qin and Zeyu Qin and Jiezhong Qiu and Bowen Qu and Zeyu Shang and Youbo Shao and Tianxiao Shen and Zhennan Shen and Juanfeng Shi and Lidong Shi and Shengyuan Shi and Feifan Song and Pengwei Song and Tianhui Song and Xiaoxi Song and Hongjin Su and Jianlin Su and Zhaochen Su and Lin Sui and Jinsong Sun and Junyao Sun and Tongyu Sun and Flood Sung and Yunpeng Tai and Chuning Tang and Heyi Tang and Xiaojuan Tang and Zhengyang Tang and Jiawen Tao and Shiyuan Teng and Chaoran Tian and Pengfei Tian and Bowen Wang and Chensi Wang and Chuang Wang and Congcong Wang and Dingkun Wang and Dinglu Wang and Dongliang Wang and Feng Wang and Hailong Wang and Haiming Wang and Hao Wang and Hengzhi Wang and Huaqing Wang and Hui Wang and Jiahao Wang and Jinhong Wang and Jiuzheng Wang and Kaixin Wang and Linian Wang and Qibin Wang and Shengjie Wang and Shuyi Wang and Si Wang and Wei Wang and Xiaochen Wang and Xinyuan Wang and Yao Wang and Yejie Wang and Yipu Wang and Yiqin Wang and Yucheng Wang and Yuzhi Wang and Zhaoji Wang and Zhaowei Wang and Zhengtao Wang and Zhexu Wang and Zifan Wang and Zihan Wang and Zizhe Wang and Chu Wei and Ming Wei and Chuan Wen and Zichen Wen and Chengjie Wu and Haoning Wu and Junyan Wu and Rucong Wu and Wenhao Wu and Yuefeng Wu and Yuhao Wu and Yuxin Wu and Zijian Wu and Chenjun Xiao and Jin Xie and Xiaotong Xie and Yuchong Xie and Bowei Xing and Boyu Xu and Jianfan Xu and Jing Xu and Jinjing Xu and L. H. Xu and Lin Xu and Suting Xu and Weixin Xu and Xinbo Xu and Xinran Xu and Yangchuan Xu and Yichang Xu and Yuemeng Xu and Zelai Xu and Ziyao Xu and Junjie Yan and Yuzi Yan and Guangyao Yang and Hao Yang and Junwei Yang and Kai Yang and Ningyuan Yang and Xiaofei Yang and Xinlong Yang and Xinyu Yang and Ying Yang and Yi Yang and Yi Yang and Zhen Yang and Zhilin Yang and Zonghan Yang and Haotian Yao and Dan Ye and Haoran Ye and Wenjie Ye and Zhuorui Ye and Peng Yebo and Bohong Yin and Chengzhen Yu and Longhui Yu and Tao Yu and Tianxiang Yu and Enming Yuan and Mengjie Yuan and Xiaokun Yuan and Yang Yue and Weihao Zeng and Dunyuan Zha and Haobing Zhan and Dehao Zhang and Hao Zhang and Jin Zhang and Puqi Zhang and Qiao Zhang and Rui Zhang and Xiaobin Zhang and Xiaoyun Zhang and Y. Zhang and Yadong Zhang and Yangkun Zhang and Yichi Zhang and Yizhi Zhang and Yongting Zhang and Yu Zhang and Yushun Zhang and Yutao Zhang and Yutong Zhang and Zheng Zhang and Chenguang Zhao and Feifan Zhao and Jinxiang Zhao and Shuai Zhao and Xiangyu Zhao and Xuanle Zhao and Yikai Zhao and Zijia Zhao and Huabin Zheng and Ruihan Zheng and Shaojie Zheng and Tengyang Zheng and Junfeng Zhong and Longguang Zhong and Weiming Zhong and M. Zhou and Runjie Zhou and Xinyu Zhou and Zaida Zhou and Jinguo Zhu and Liya Zhu and Xinhao Zhu and Yuxuan Zhu and Zhen Zhu and Jingze Zhuang and Weiyu Zhuang and Ying Zou and Xinxing Zu},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2602.02276},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  primaryClass = {cs.CL},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.02276}
}

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