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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...
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 model approaches US frontier performance, narrowing gap
Moonshot AI has introduced its latest large language model, Kimi K3, which the company claims approaches the performance of top-tier US models. The release is positioned as a direct follow-up to the i...
Moonshot AI technology announcement triggers global AI and semiconductor selloff, leverage ETFs crash
Chinese AI startup Moonshot released a new AI model, Kimi K3, triggering a sharp selloff in AI and semiconductor stocks worldwide. The Philadelphia semiconductor index entered bear market territory, f...
Moonshot AI launches Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion-parameter open-weight model, claiming performance near US frontier labs
Beijing-based Moonshot AI unveiled Kimi K3, the largest open-weight model ever released, with benchmarks showing it competitive against Anthropic's Fable 5 and outperforming Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.6 Sol....
Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3, 2.8 trillion-parameter open-source model rivaling OpenAI and Anthropic
Chinese AI lab Moonshot AI has released Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion-parameter open-source model, claiming it matches frontier U.S. systems like OpenAI's GPT-5.5 and Anthropic's Opus 4.8. The company plans...
Moonshot AI plans to release Kimi K3 in the coming days, a model reportedly containing 2-3 trillion...
Moonshot AI plans to release Kimi K3 in the coming days, a model reportedly containing 2-3 trillion parameters — making it the largest Chinese foundation model to date. The company expects the model t...
Moonshot AI (月之暗面), operator of the Kimi assistant, has launched a new funding round at a $31.5 bill...
Moonshot AI (月之暗面), operator of the Kimi assistant, has launched a new funding round at a $31.5 billion pre-money valuation, a 57% increase over its previous $20 billion valuation, according to a repo...
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 valuation of $30 billion, according to local media reports. The company plans to deploy the capita...
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 (~$4.2 billion) in funding during May 2026, according to a report from 36Kr. This fundin...
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 and China Mobile, a state-owned telecommunications giant. The funding round repre...
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 (月之暗面) closed roughly $2 billion in a Series D round at a $20 billion post-...
**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 by Meituan's corporate venture arm, Meituan Longzhu, according to...