Sources: Chinas Moonshot AI, developer of the Kimi models . . . Sources: China's Moonshot AI, developer of the Kimi models, is raising several hundred million dollars at a ~$4B valuation and is aiming for an IPO in H2 2026 — It has also told some potential investors that it will aim for an initial public offering in the second half of next year
Alibaba-backed Moonshot releases new AI model Kimi K2 Thinking Chinese startup Moonshot on Thursday released its latest generative artificial intelligence model which claims to beat OpenAI's ChatGPT in "agentic" capabilities — or understanding what a user
Sources: Chinas Moonshot AI, developer of the Kimi fashions . . . Wall Avenue Journal: Sources: China’s Moonshot AI, developer of the Kimi fashions, is elevating a number of hundred million {dollars} at a ~$4B valuation and is aiming for an IPO in H2 2026 — It has additionally instructed some potential traders that it’s going to goal for an preliminary public providing within the second half of
Kimi K2: Chinese trillion-parameter AI model outperforms . . . Geopolitical impact of the Chinese AI offensive The release of Kimi K2 marks a turning point in the global AI competition between the USA and China Industry analysts refer to it as a “DeepSeek moment”, in which unexpected Chinese breakthroughs shake the perception of Western dominance in AI development
China’s open-source AI gambit: A strategic wake-up call If the global AI race had a teaser, The AI War was it Now, Moonshot AI’s release of Kimi K2 and its advanced “Thinking” variant is the first decisive blow—and it’s a game-changer For the first time, an open-source AI model has outperformed proprietary giants on reasoning, coding, and tool-use benchmarks Not just matched—outperformed