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Moonshot AI seeks $2B funding at $30B valuation, marking third capital raise in six months.
FundingJun 10, 2026

Moonshot AI seeks $2B funding at $30B valuation, marking third capital raise in six months.

Moonshot AI seeks $2B funding at $30B valuation, marking third capital raise in six months. Moonshot AI, a Chinese foundation-model lab, is seeking $2 billion in a new funding round at a target valuat...

Moonshot AI and Stepfun Secure Over 30 Billion Yuan (~$4.2B) in Combined Funding in May
FundingMay 24, 2026

Moonshot AI and Stepfun Secure Over 30 Billion Yuan (~$4.2B) in Combined Funding in May

Moonshot AI and Stepfun Secure Over 30 Billion Yuan (~$4.2B) in Combined Funding in May Chinese AI startups Moonshot AI (月之暗面) and Stepfun (阶跃星辰) have collectively raised over 30 billion Chinese yuan...

FundingMay 21, 2026

Moonshot AI receives state-backed funding from Beijing AI fund and China Mobile

Moonshot AI receives state-backed funding from Beijing AI fund and China Mobile Moonshot AI, a Beijing-based foundation model lab, has secured investment from the Beijing AI Industry Investment Fund a...

DeepSeek and Moonshot AI compete in $10B+ Chinese large model funding race
FundingMay 13, 2026

DeepSeek and Moonshot AI compete in $10B+ Chinese large model funding race

DeepSeek and Moonshot AI compete in $10B+ Chinese large model funding race In a 48-hour window in early May 2026, China's large-model sector unleashed over $10 billion in funding signals. Moonshot AI...

**Moonshot AI raises $2B led by Meituan, valuation hits $20B+.**
FundingMay 11, 2026

**Moonshot AI raises $2B led by Meituan, valuation hits $20B+.**

**Moonshot AI raises $2B led by Meituan, valuation hits $20B+.** Moonshot AI (月之暗面), the Beijing-based startup behind the Kimi chatbot, has closed a new funding round of approximately $2 billion, led...

Moonshot AI (月之暗面) Completes ~$2B Funding, Valuation Surpasses $20B
FundingMay 11, 2026

Moonshot AI (月之暗面) Completes ~$2B Funding, Valuation Surpasses $20B

Moonshot AI (月之暗面) Completes ~$2B Funding, Valuation Surpasses $20B Moonshot AI, the Chinese AI lab behind the Kimi assistant, has closed approximately $20 billion in new funding, pushing its post-mon...

Moonshot AI (月之暗面) and Step Intelligence have both secured new funding rounds, continuing the wave o...
FundingMay 11, 2026

Moonshot AI (月之暗面) and Step Intelligence have both secured new funding rounds, continuing the wave o...

Moonshot AI (月之暗面) and Step Intelligence have both secured new funding rounds, continuing the wave of capital flowing into Chinese AI startups. The specific amounts and valuations were not disclosed i...

Kimi raises $2B at $20B valuation, led by Meituan Longzhu and China Mobile
FundingMay 10, 2026

Kimi raises $2B at $20B valuation, led by Meituan Longzhu and China Mobile

Kimi raises $2B at $20B valuation, led by Meituan Longzhu and China Mobile Kimi, the Chinese conversational AI assistant backed by Moonshot AI (月之暗面), has raised approximately $2 billion in a funding...

Moonshot AI (月之暗面) completes ~$20B funding round, post-money valuation exceeds $20B
FundingMay 10, 2026

Moonshot AI (月之暗面) completes ~$20B funding round, post-money valuation exceeds $20B

Moonshot AI (月之暗面) completes ~$20B funding round, post-money valuation exceeds $20B Moonshot AI (月之暗面) has closed a new funding round of approximately $20 billion, raising its post-money valuation abo...

Moonshot raises $2B at $20B valuation, becomes China's most-funded AI lab
FundingMay 8, 2026

Moonshot raises $2B at $20B valuation, becomes China's most-funded AI lab

Moonshot raises $2B at $20B valuation, becomes China's most-funded AI lab Moonshot AI, the Beijing-based developer of the popular Kimi chatbot and open-source large language models, has raised approxi...

Moonshot AI raises $2B at $20B+ valuation from Meituan and others.
FundingMay 8, 2026

Moonshot AI raises $2B at $20B+ valuation from Meituan and others.

Moonshot AI raises $2B at $20B+ valuation from Meituan and others. Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI has raised $2 billion in new funding led by Meituan's investment arm Long-Z Investment, at a valuation...

Moonshot AI gains ground with coding-capable Kimi LLM, challenging China's AI ranks
ProductMay 8, 2026

Moonshot AI gains ground with coding-capable Kimi LLM, challenging China's AI ranks

Moonshot AI gains ground with coding-capable Kimi LLM, challenging China's AI ranks Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI (月之暗面) is gaining traction with its large language model 'Kimi,' which is earning pra...

Moonshot AI (月之暗面), the Chinese foundation-model lab behind the Kimi assistant, has raised approxima...
FundingMay 7, 2026

Moonshot AI (月之暗面), the Chinese foundation-model lab behind the Kimi assistant, has raised approxima...

Moonshot AI (月之暗面), the Chinese foundation-model lab behind the Kimi assistant, has raised approximately $2 billion in a new funding round led by Meituan Dragon Ball, with participation from Shuimu Ca...

FundingMay 7, 2026

Moonshot raises ~$2B at $20B+ valuation led by Meituan's venture arm

Moonshot raises ~$2B at $20B+ valuation led by Meituan's venture arm Moonshot, the Chinese AI startup behind the Kimi chatbot, has raised approximately $2 billion at a valuation exceeding $20 billion....

FundingMay 7, 2026

Moonshot AI, a Chinese foundation model lab, has raised $2 billion in a funding round led by Meituan, valuing the company at $20 billion.

Moonshot AI, a Chinese foundation model lab, has raised $2 billion in a funding round led by Meituan, valuing the company at $20 billion. This capital injection underscores the intensifying compute ar...

Moonshot AI is close to completing a $2 billion funding round at a valuation exceeding $20 billion,...
FundingMay 7, 2026

Moonshot AI is close to completing a $2 billion funding round at a valuation exceeding $20 billion,...

Moonshot AI is close to completing a $2 billion funding round at a valuation exceeding $20 billion, according to LatePost. The round is reportedly led by Meituan's Long-Z Fund, with China Mobile and C...

Moonshot AI launches Kimi K2.6 model with enhanced long-form coding and autonomous agent features.
TechnologyApr 21, 2026

Moonshot AI launches Kimi K2.6 model with enhanced long-form coding and autonomous agent features.

Moonshot AI launches Kimi K2.6 model with enhanced long-form coding and autonomous agent features. Moonshot AI has officially released and open-sourced its Kimi K2.6 model, targeting significant advan...

TechnologyApr 19, 2026

Moonshot AI introduces Prefill-as-a-Service to optimize long-context inference architecture.

Moonshot AI introduces Prefill-as-a-Service to optimize long-context inference architecture. Moonshot AI's Kimi team has proposed a new architectural paradigm known as Prefill-as-a-Service (PrFaaS). T...

China's Moonshot AI is targeting up to $12B valuation in a $700M funding round—179% jump from $2.5B...
FundingFeb 19, 2026

China's Moonshot AI is targeting up to $12B valuation in a $700M funding round—179% jump from $2.5B...

China's Moonshot AI is targeting up to $12B valuation in a $700M funding round—179% jump from $2.5B just one year ago—driven by Kimi K2.5's benchmark wins over GPT-5.2 and Claude Opus 4.5. The 1T-para...

Moonshot AI launched Kimi Claw on Kimi.com, natively integrating the OpenClaw framework for a persis...
ProductFeb 16, 2026

Moonshot AI launched Kimi Claw on Kimi.com, natively integrating the OpenClaw framework for a persis...

Moonshot AI launched Kimi Claw on Kimi.com, natively integrating the OpenClaw framework for a persistent, 24/7 AI agent environment. The platform provides 40GB of dedicated cloud storage for data-heav...

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