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Latest news, updates, and announcements from Moonshot AI.
Moonshot AI moves toward Hong Kong listing with expanded bank syndicate and fresh valuation targets.
Moonshot AI, the Chinese foundation-model startup behind Kimi K3, has confidentially filed for a Hong Kong IPO seeking to raise $3 billion to $5 billion, according to South China Morning Post and Bloo...
Moonshot AI Confidentially Files for Hong Kong IPO
Beijing-based foundation model developer Moonshot AI, maker of the Kimi model family, has confidentially filed for an initial public offering in Hong Kong, according to people familiar with the matter...
Moonshot AI Confidentially Files A1 Form for Hong Kong IPO, Targets $50B Valuation
Moonshot AI has confidentially filed an A1 form with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the formal first step in a Hong Kong IPO process, according to the report. The Kimi K3 developer is targeting a $50 b...
Moonshot AI Signals Japan Entry With Kimi Subscription Giveaway
Moonshot AI said on August 21 that Kimi is beginning its operations in Japan, posting the announcement through a newly established Japanese-language X account. The company paired the message with a gi...
Moonshot AI's Kimi Enters Japan With Paid-Plan Promotional Campaign
Moonshot AI's Kimi assistant has begun an official launch in Japan, according to Japanese outlet ITmedia. The rollout is accompanied by a promotional campaign, themed 'Hello, Japan,' offering free acc...
**Moonshot AI Hits $160B Valuation on Flat Structure, Kimi K3 Momentum**
Chinese AI lab Moonshot AI has reached a valuation of $160 billion, powered by its Kimi K3 model and a distinctive 'no-boss' flat organizational culture that the company credits for attracting top-tie...
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 and DeepSeek V4 reveal a strategic rift in Chinese foundation-model developmen...
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 and DeepSeek V4 reveal a strategic rift in Chinese foundation-model development over when to invest in native multimodality. Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter mixture-of-experts...
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3, Built on Alibaba Cloud, Outpaces Alibaba's Qwen: Compute Rental Creates Export Control Gap
A Bloomberg investigation confirmed that Alibaba provided Moonshot AI with approximately 20,000 Nvidia chips via a cloud computing agreement, powering the training of Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter...
Moonshot AI (月之暗面) closes $3.5B Series F at $35B valuation, plans Pre-IPO round. The Beijing-based f...
Moonshot AI (月之暗面) closes $3.5B Series F at $35B valuation, plans Pre-IPO round. The Beijing-based foundation-model lab behind the Kimi chatbot raised over $3.5 billion in a Series F round, pushing it...
Moonshot AI (月之暗面) raises $483 million (RMB 3.5 billion) in an oversubscribed D+ round, pushing its...
Moonshot AI (月之暗面) raises $483 million (RMB 3.5 billion) in an oversubscribed D+ round, pushing its valuation to $35 billion, and is now seeking a $50 billion pre-money valuation for a Pre-IPO round....
Moonshot AI targets $50B valuation ahead of Hong Kong IPO
Moonshot AI, the Chinese developer of the Kimi model series, has set its sights on a $50 billion pre-money valuation for a pre-IPO round, following a $3.5 billion fundraise that pegged its valuation a...
Moonshot AI closes $3.5B funding round at $35B valuation, ARR surges to $300M
Beijing-based Moonshot AI has closed a funding round of approximately $3.5 billion, valuing the company at $35 billion, according to a Bloomberg report. The round significantly exceeded the company's...
Moonshot AI has released the full weights of its Kimi K3 open-source model, achieving the #1 spot on...
Moonshot AI has released the full weights of its Kimi K3 open-source model, achieving the spot on Hugging Face's global trending list and top performance benchmarks. The company is a Chinese foundati...
**Moonshot AI opens Kimi K3 model weights for public download**
Moonshot AI, the Beijing-based foundation-model lab behind the Kimi product line, has released the model weights for Kimi K3 for public download as of July 27. Kimi K3, which launched earlier this mon...
Moonshot AI plans open-weight release of K3 model on July 27
Chinese AI lab Moonshot AI has announced it will release its K3 large language model as open-weight on July 27, according to Tech in Asia. The model, likely a foundation-level offering, represents a d...
Moonshot AI launches Kimi model, reigniting US-China AI competitiveness debate. Chinese AI lab Moons...
Moonshot AI launches Kimi model, reigniting US-China AI competitiveness debate. Chinese AI lab Moonshot AI released its Kimi model, sparking a familiar pattern of panic across Silicon Valley and Washi...
Moonshot AI pauses Kimi K3 subscriptions after demand surge strains capacity amid IPO push
Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI has temporarily stopped accepting new subscriptions for its Kimi K3 model after a surge in demand overwhelmed capacity. The company is simultaneously seeking fresh fundi...
Moonshot AI's K3 model faces distillation controversy as US officials allege IP theft, rekindling open debate on model training practices.
A new controversy has erupted around Moonshot AI's K3 (Kimi K3) model, with US officials and some AI companies alleging that the Chinese lab distilled Anthropic's Fable 5 model to improve its performa...
Moonshot AI plans final funding round at up to $50 billion valuation before Hong Kong IPO. Chinese A...
Moonshot AI plans final funding round at up to $50 billion valuation before Hong Kong IPO. Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI is preparing to start discussions with investors in August for what would be i...
Moonshot AI pauses new Kimi subscriptions after K3 launch overwhelms compute capacity.
Moonshot AI has temporarily suspended new consumer subscriptions for its Kimi assistant just days after launching the Kimi K3 model, after user requests surged far beyond projections and pushed the co...