Kimchi is the governed AI coding platform: a CLI agent, inference layer, and spend console in one, built by Cast AI.
This company operates with a remote-first culture, allowing team members to work from anywhere.
Kimchi is an AI coding platform developed by Cast AI. It includes a command-line interface (CLI) coding agent, an inference layer that routes tasks to open-source or frontier models, and a spend console. The platform is designed for cost attribution per user, per team, and per API key, with budget enforcement capabilities. Kimchi operates serverless and can be deployed within a customer's Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) for compliance requirements. The platform reached general availability in July 2026. Akamai is among the enterprises that reportedly use Kimchi Coding. Internally, Cast AI uses Kimchi across 150 engineers, processing 36 billion tokens per month.
Kimchi operates in a remote-first global environment. Cast AI, its parent company, operates across 34 countries. The company emphasizes a global and diverse team. Strong asynchronous communication skills, particularly writing, are noted as essential for team members.
Kimchi's inference layer utilizes SGLang, vLLM, and TensorRT-LLM engines on GPU fleets. The platform uses Python, PyTorch, and SQL (ClickHouse) for its ML systems, with OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible LLM APIs. Infrastructure components include Kubernetes, virtiofs shared filesystems, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, and GitLab CI. Development often involves Go and TypeScript, particularly for API platforms, agent platforms, and desktop applications using Electron/React UI. The company focuses on optimizing throughput, latency, cold starts, and cost per token for inference, as well as building robust agent platforms and internal API infrastructure.
Kimchi maintains a fast-paced workflow, with most feature projects completed within one to four weeks. Employees are allocated 10% of their work time for personal projects or self-improvement. The company provides a learning budget for professional and personal development, which includes access to international conferences and courses. An annual hackathon is also organized. Strong writing skills are highlighted as essential due to the distributed nature of the team.