OpenClaw, which has been a runaway success since its late 2025 launch, announced on Friday that it was offering Chinese start-up Moonshot AIs latest Kimi K2.5 and Kimi Coding agent for free in its service, while adding support for MiniMax, another Chinese foundational AI developer.Analysts said Chinese open-source models were being picked up mostly for their value for money compared with other models, according to Luo Liang, a Beijing-based AI analyst at consultancy Intelligent Parameters.Luo said many users had reported letting the autonomous agent run on its own, only to find it consumed large amounts of tokens the basic units of text or data processed by AI models that directly affect computing costs and incurred unexpected service bills.Chinese open-source AI models since the emergence of DeepSeeks high-performance and low-cost V3 and R1 systems have become known for their competitive pricing compared with US models.Beijing-based Moonshot AIs newly released Kimi K2.5, hailed as the strongest open-source AI model so far, costs US$0.58 for every million input tokens and US$3 for output.OpenClaw says it is adding support for MiniMax, another Chinese foundational AI developer. Photo: Getty Images