Kimi-VL-A3B-Thinking is an open-source 3B parameter vision-language model developed by Moonshot AI. It supports multimodal inputs including images and text, features a specialized "thinking" mode, and uses a custom chat template. The model is designed for local deployment and research in multimodal AI applications.
In the Foundation models & chat space, Kimi VL A3B Thinking takes a focused approach. It focuses on enabling efficient multimodal reasoning that combines visual and textual information in a compact model. It is built as an open-source project for developers. Kimi VL A3B Thinking is open source under the Open Source license. It runs on the web, the command line, and API.
It is developed by Moonshot AI (China), and the product first shipped in 2025. Key capabilities include vision-language, multimodal input, and thinking mode.
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