---
title: Kimi K2.6 Now Available for Telnyx Inference API
canonical: https://telnyx.com/release-notes/kimi-k2-6-inference-api
---
# Kimi K2.6 Now Available for Telnyx Inference API

[Release notes](https://telnyx.com/release-notes)

# Kimi K2.6 Now Available for Telnyx Inference API

### 22, Apr 2026

Kimi K2.6 is now available on the Telnyx Inference API through the OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions endpoint. Built by Moonshot AI, K2.6 advances on K2.5 with stronger long-horizon task adherence, tighter constraint following, and improved third-party API understanding.

### What's new in Telnyx

* **Kimi K2.6 model:** Moonshot AI's latest open-weight model, accessible via the Inference API with model ID `moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6`.
* **Stronger agentic performance:** K2.6 completes multi-step tasks in fewer iterations with higher constraint adherence than K2.5, reducing retry loops in production agents.
* **Drop-in integration:** Works with the existing OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions API. No new endpoints, no SDK updates required.

### Why it matters

* Running inference on Telnyx keeps your LLM calls on the same private backbone as your STT and TTS pipelines, cutting the latency hops that come with routing to a separate provider.
* K2.6's stronger task adherence means agentic workflows that rely on multi-step reasoning and external API calls complete more reliably with fewer retries.
* Evaluating open-weight models without changing your integration means zero migration cost when switching between models on the platform.

### Example use cases

* Voice AI teams that need LLM inference and telephony on the same network to reduce round-trip latency for real-time agent calls.
* Developers building multi-step agentic pipelines where task completion consistency matters at production scale.
* Engineering teams evaluating open-weight models for production without committing to a proprietary inference provider.

### Getting started

1. Open the [LLM Playground](https://portal.telnyx.com/#/ai/inference/playground) in Mission Control.
2. Select `moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6` from the model dropdown.
3. Send a prompt to test the model, or integrate it into your application using the [Chat Completions API](https://developers.telnyx.com/docs/inference/models).

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_TELNYX_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://api.telnyx.com/v2/ai/inference"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain the advantage of on-network inference for voice AI agents."}]
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

**Learn more** in the [Inference API docs](https://developers.telnyx.com/docs/inference/models) or the [pricing page](https://telnyx.com/pricing/inference-api).

[Start building](https://telnyx.com/sign-up)

### Ask AI

* [![GPT](https://d2efw2akbx8gaf.cloudfront.net/https://dotcom-payload-assets-prod.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/cms-media/chatgpt_icon-ea55e09d.jpeg?width=92&format=webp)](https://chat.openai.com/?q=What makes Telnyx's global network different, breakdown call quality for normal phone calls and voice AI calls.)
* [![Claude](https://d2efw2akbx8gaf.cloudfront.net/https://dotcom-payload-assets-prod.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/cms-media/claude_icon-c7c8eef3.webp?width=92&format=webp)](https://claude.ai/new?q=What makes Telnyx's global network different, breakdown call quality for normal phone calls and voice AI calls.)
* [![Perplexity](https://d2efw2akbx8gaf.cloudfront.net/https://dotcom-payload-assets-prod.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/cms-media/perplexity_icon-cd5b74f1.webp?width=92&format=webp)](https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q=What makes Telnyx's global network different, breakdown call quality for normal phone calls and voice AI calls.)
* [![Gemini](https://d2efw2akbx8gaf.cloudfront.net/https://dotcom-payload-assets-prod.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/cms-media/gemini_icon-4ff1cbf4.webp?width=92&format=webp)](https://www.google.com/search?udm=50&aep=11&q=What makes Telnyx's global network different, breakdown call quality for normal phone calls and voice AI calls.)
* [![Grok](https://d2efw2akbx8gaf.cloudfront.net/https://dotcom-payload-assets-prod.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/cms-media/grok_icon-e588e5bd.webp?width=92&format=webp)](https://x.com/i/grok?text=What makes Telnyx's global network different, breakdown call quality for normal phone calls and voice AI calls.)