# Cursor Admits New Coding Model Built on Chinese Moonshot AI's Kimi

_Sunday, March 22, 2026 at 4:02 PM EDT · AI · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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Cursor acknowledged that Composer 2, its new coding model, was built on top of Kimi, a model developed by Chinese AI company Moonshot AI, TechCrunch reported. The disclosure raised questions about the use of Chinese AI infrastructure in US developer tools. Cursor had initially marketed Composer 2 without disclosing the underlying model provider. Moonshot AI is backed by Alibaba and has been building competitive large language models focused on long-context processing and code generation.

## Sources

- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/22/cursor-admits-its-new-coding-model-was-built-on-top-of-moonshot-ais-kimi/)

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