Kimi K2.6 is live on Lilac

By Lucas Ewing

TL;DR

Kimi K2.6 is now live on Lilac as an OpenAI-compatible shared endpoint.

No contracts, no reserved-capacity markup, no minimums. Use the same OpenAI SDK and point it at Lilac.

Why Kimi K2.6

Kimi K2.6 is Moonshot AI's latest Kimi model for coding, long-context execution, tool use, and agent workflows. The official Kimi launch page describes it as a model for building real products, coordinating agent work, and handling complex tasks with stronger reliability.

Read the official model page here: Kimi K2.6 by Moonshot AI.

Pricing

Kimi K2.6 on Lilac uses three token rates:

• Input — $0.70 / M fresh input tokens
• Cache read — $0.20 / M repeated input tokens served from cache
• Output — $3.50 / M generated tokens

Cache-read pricing matters for coding agents, tool-heavy workflows, and long-context chat sessions where most of the prompt context repeats across turns.

OpenAI-compatible API

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.getlilac.com/v1",
    api_key="lilac_sk_...",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="moonshotai/kimi-k2.6",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Build a TypeScript helper for this API."},
    ],
)

Availability

Kimi K2.6 is available now on Lilac's shared warm endpoints. Start from the Kimi K2.6 API page, check the homepage pricing table, or sign up in the Lilac console.