# Financial Research (Internal) (Financial Research)

> Moonshot AI's internal benchmark for auditable financial research under evidence and cutoff constraints.

Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/benchmarks/kimifinancialresearch

- Category: [Agentic](/agentic)
- Last updated: October 29, 2026

## About Financial Research

- Year: 2026
- Tasks: Source-grounded research reports
- Format: Internal evaluation score
- Difficulty: Professional financial research
- Paper: [Kimi K3.1 Pro Tech Blog: Advancing Open Intelligence](https://www.kimi.ai/blog/kimi-k3-1-pro)

The value comes from the launch chart alt text, which matches the 11.6-point gain over Kimi K3 stated in the prose. BenchLM stores the provider-published internal benchmark value as display-only launch evidence and does not treat it as an independently reproducible score.

Financial Research is currently displayed on BenchLM for reference, but it is excluded from the weighted scoring formula.

## Leaderboard (1 models)

| Rank | Model | Creator | Score |
|------|-------|---------|-------|
| 1 | [Kimi K3.1 Pro](/models/kimi-3-1-pro) | Moonshot AI | 70.4% |

## FAQ

### What does Financial Research measure?

Moonshot AI's internal benchmark for auditable financial research under evidence and cutoff constraints.

### Which model scores highest on Financial Research?

Kimi K3.1 Pro by Moonshot AI currently leads with a score of 70.4% on Financial Research.

### How many models are evaluated on Financial Research?

1 AI models have published results on Financial Research in the BenchLM catalog.

### Does Financial Research affect BenchLM's overall score?

Not directly. Financial Research is still displayed on BenchLM for reference, but it is excluded from the weighted scoring formula.