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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.

This capital injection underscores the intensifying compute arms race among China's top AI labs, where frontier model development requires billions in GPU spending. Moonshot AI's ascent to a $20B valu...

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 has officially released and open-sourced its Kimi K2.6 model, targeting significant advancements in coding and agentic workflows. According to the release, the model demonstrates high perf...

TechnologyApr 19, 2026

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). This specific technical framework is designed to address existing challenges in large model in...

Moonshot AI, maker of the Kimi chatbot, is planning a Hong Kong IPO while raising $1B at an $18B val...
FundingMar 29, 2026

Moonshot AI, maker of the Kimi chatbot, is planning a Hong Kong IPO while raising $1B at an $18B val...

Moonshot AI, maker of the Kimi chatbot, is planning a Hong Kong IPO while raising $1B at an $18B valuation, a 4x surge from $4.3B just 3 months ago. 🚀 Its K2.5 model generated more revenue in 20 days...

Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI is seeking a $10 billion valuation with Alibaba and Tencent doubling...
FundingMar 7, 2026

Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI is seeking a $10 billion valuation with Alibaba and Tencent doubling...

Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI is seeking a $10 billion valuation with Alibaba and Tencent doubling their investments, just months after raising $500 million at $4.3 billion in December 2025. This 2.3...

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...

Moonshot AI is migrating its 1-trillion parameter Kimi K2.5 infrastructure to domestic silicon as fo...
TechnologyFeb 7, 2026

Moonshot AI is migrating its 1-trillion parameter Kimi K2.5 infrastructure to domestic silicon as fo...

Moonshot AI is migrating its 1-trillion parameter Kimi K2.5 infrastructure to domestic silicon as foreign GPU shortages reach a critical peak in February 2026 🚀 The move bridges a severe compute gap...

Moonshot AI’s Kimi 2.5 is now the world’s top open-source model, ranking 5th on the global Artificia...
TechnologyFeb 3, 2026

Moonshot AI’s Kimi 2.5 is now the world’s top open-source model, ranking 5th on the global Artificia...

Moonshot AI’s Kimi 2.5 is now the world’s top open-source model, ranking 5th on the global Artificial Analysis Index. This 1T-parameter MoE model features 32B active parameters and native multimodal s...

Moonshot AI has released Kimi K2.5, a multimodal 1-trillion parameter model trained on 15 trillion t...
TechnologyJan 31, 2026

Moonshot AI has released Kimi K2.5, a multimodal 1-trillion parameter model trained on 15 trillion t...

Moonshot AI has released Kimi K2.5, a multimodal 1-trillion parameter model trained on 15 trillion tokens that reportedly outperforms GPT-5.2 in reasoning. This release introduces Agent Swarm technolo...

Moonshot AI has launched Kimi K2.5, an open-source multimodal model trained on 15 trillion tokens th...
ProductJan 30, 2026

Moonshot AI has launched Kimi K2.5, an open-source multimodal model trained on 15 trillion tokens th...

Moonshot AI has launched Kimi K2.5, an open-source multimodal model trained on 15 trillion tokens that converts video uploads into functional web interfaces. The system uses an agent swarm of 100 sub-...

Alibaba Cloud launched Qwen3-Max-Thinking with 1 trillion parameters while Moonshot AI debuted Kimi...
TechnologyJan 29, 2026

Alibaba Cloud launched Qwen3-Max-Thinking with 1 trillion parameters while Moonshot AI debuted Kimi...

Alibaba Cloud launched Qwen3-Max-Thinking with 1 trillion parameters while Moonshot AI debuted Kimi K2.5, featuring 100-agent swarm technology. These models deliver elite reasoning performance, markin...

Moonshot AI launched Kimi K2.5, scoring 50.2% on Humanitys Last Exam to surpass GPT-5.2. This 1T-par...
ProductJan 28, 2026

Moonshot AI launched Kimi K2.5, scoring 50.2% on Humanitys Last Exam to surpass GPT-5.2. This 1T-par...

Moonshot AI launched Kimi K2.5, scoring 50.2% on Humanitys Last Exam to surpass GPT-5.2. This 1T-parameter model uses an Agent Swarm paradigm to run 100 sub-agents in parallel, reducing task time by 4...

Moonshot AI unveiled Kimi K2.5, a multimodal model with 384 specialized experts and native 4-bit pre...
TechnologyJan 28, 2026

Moonshot AI unveiled Kimi K2.5, a multimodal model with 384 specialized experts and native 4-bit pre...

Moonshot AI unveiled Kimi K2.5, a multimodal model with 384 specialized experts and native 4-bit precision. This Agent Swarm architecture deploys 100 sub-agents simultaneously, cutting coding time by...

Moonshot AI valuation reached 4.8B, a 500M jump in weeks, as rivals Zhipu and MiniMax hit 13B and 15...
FundingJan 20, 2026

Moonshot AI valuation reached 4.8B, a 500M jump in weeks, as rivals Zhipu and MiniMax hit 13B and 15...

Moonshot AI valuation reached 4.8B, a 500M jump in weeks, as rivals Zhipu and MiniMax hit 13B and 15.2B market caps via Hong Kong IPOs 📈 This surge reflects a mature parallel AI ecosystem where domes...

Moonshot AI is finalizing a funding round to reach a $4.8 billion valuation, surging $500 million ju...
FundingJan 20, 2026

Moonshot AI is finalizing a funding round to reach a $4.8 billion valuation, surging $500 million ju...

Moonshot AI is finalizing a funding round to reach a $4.8 billion valuation, surging $500 million just weeks after its last raise. Its 1 trillion-parameter Kimi K2 Thinking model currently outpaces GP...

Alibaba-backed Moonshot AI reached a 4.8 billion dollar valuation, a 500 million dollar increase in...
FundingJan 20, 2026

Alibaba-backed Moonshot AI reached a 4.8 billion dollar valuation, a 500 million dollar increase in...

Alibaba-backed Moonshot AI reached a 4.8 billion dollar valuation, a 500 million dollar increase in just weeks. This surge is fueled by the successful Hong Kong IPOs of rivals Zhipu AI and MiniMax, no...

Moonshot AI has raised 500 million USD in Series C funding led by IDG Capital, boosting its valuatio...
FundingJan 6, 2026

Moonshot AI has raised 500 million USD in Series C funding led by IDG Capital, boosting its valuatio...

Moonshot AI has raised 500 million USD in Series C funding led by IDG Capital, boosting its valuation to 4.3 billion USD. This capital injection from Alibaba and Tencent underscores the industry pivot...

Moonshot AI has secured 500 million USD in Series C funding led by IDG Capital, lifting its valuatio...
FundingJan 5, 2026

Moonshot AI has secured 500 million USD in Series C funding led by IDG Capital, lifting its valuatio...

Moonshot AI has secured 500 million USD in Series C funding led by IDG Capital, lifting its valuation to 4.3 billion USD. 🚀 With a 1.4 billion USD cash reserve, the firm is skipping immediate IPOs to...

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