The Kimi K2 Thinking model released by Dark Side of the Moon was accessed by the AI search application Perplexity, becoming the only domestic model to be accessed. Also included in the same batch was the GPT-5.1 just released by OpenAI.
Perplexity has achieved explosive growth since its establishment in 2022. According to the latest public data, the company has 30 million monthly active users and its valuation has exceeded US$20 billion, making it the world's most valuable AI search application.
It is understood that Perplexity has created a new category of conversational "answer engines". It has changed the way many users obtain and research information by providing instant answers based on the latest information from the web, with clear citations to sources.
Earlier, AI applications such as Cherry Studio, Cline, CoStrict, Cursor, Genspark, Kilo Code, Kortix Suna, RooCode, Trae, Vercel, Visual Studio Code, Windsurf, YouWare, etc. have all been connected to the Kimi K2 series models.