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Moonshot AI
Moonshot AI is the Chinese AI company behind Kimi, a long-context AI assistant and model platform.
- Founded 2023
- Headquarters Beijing, China
- CEO Yang Zhilin
Overview
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Founded
2023
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Headquarters
Beijing, China
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Industry
Artificial Intelligence
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CEO
Yang Zhilin
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Founders
Yang Zhilin
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Funding
Reported venture-backed funding
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Valuation
$20.0B
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Employees
N/A
About Moonshot AI
Moonshot AI is a Chinese AI company best known for Kimi, an AI assistant and large language model product. The company develops long-context generative AI models, chat products, and model APIs for consumers, developers, and enterprises.
TrueUp lists Moonshot AI as a generative AI company with the business focus “AI chatbot (Kimi)” and valuation $20.0B in its visible generative AI company ranking.
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Products & Business
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Products & Services
- Kimi
- long-context AI models
- AI assistant
- model APIs
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Platform & Tools
AI assistant, model APIs, developer tools, and enterprise AI services.
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Revenue Model
Consumer subscriptions, API usage, and enterprise services.
Key Information
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Business Type
Private AI model and chatbot company
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Headquarters
Beijing, China
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Founded Date
2023
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Company CEO
Yang Zhilin
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Founders
Yang Zhilin
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Brands
Kimi, Moonshot AI
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Categories
News
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Employee Count
N/A
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Funding
Reported venture-backed funding
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Valuation
$20.0B
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Ownership
Private
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Stock Ticker
N/A
Latest Moonshot AI News
Anthropic Says Moonshot Secretly Routed Kimi Requests to Claude
Anthropic alleges that Moonshot used thousands of Claude accounts to serve some Kimi responses, raising questions about model provenance and customer data handling.
US Agencies Accuse Six Chinese AI Firms of Systematic Model Theft
The FBI, NSA and CISA jointly accused six Chinese AI companies of systematically distilling US models including Claude and ChatGPT since 2024, calling it their core development strategy.
Moonshot Releases 2.8 Trillion-Parameter Kimi K3 on Hugging Face
Moonshot AI has released the full weights for Kimi K3 on Hugging Face, making its 2.8 trillion-parameter multimodal model available for independent deployment, research, and further development.
US Treasury Secretary Threatens Sanctions Over Chinese AI Model Distillation
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US could sanction Chinese AI companies found to have distilled American models, claiming officials have found US "watermarks" in Chinese systems.
Startups Urge Trump Not to Block Chinese Open-Weight AI Models
Nearly 200 Silicon Valley companies, including Y Combinator and Proton, urged the Trump administration not to restrict Chinese open-weight AI models, warning it would cripple US startups.
Alibaba Previews Qwen 3.8, Claiming It Trails Only Fable 5
Alibaba previewed Qwen 3.8, a 2.4-trillion-parameter model it claims is second only to Anthropic's Fable 5, days after Moonshot's Kimi K3 rattled markets, though no benchmarks back it.
China’s Moonshot Releases Kimi K3, Its Largest AI Model Yet
Chinese startup Moonshot released Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter open-weight model it says rivals Anthropic's Claude, as the US-China AI gap narrows.
Anthropic Accuses Alibaba of Largest Known Distillation Attack on Claude
Anthropic told US senators that Alibaba-linked operators used about 25,000 fake accounts to extract Claude's capabilities in what it calls its largest known distillation attack.
China Moves to Restrict US Investment in AI Firms
China plans to limit US investment in domestic AI companies without government approval following scrutiny of a major cross-border deal. The move signals tighter control over sensitive technologies.