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Moonshot AI

Moonshot AI develops large language models, multimodal AI systems, and developer APIs, including Kimi K3.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningSoftwareFoundation models
ARR
$1B
as of Aug 2026
Employees
~500
as of Jun 2026
Valuation
~$50B
50× ARR
ARR / employee
$2M
revenue efficiency
About Moonshot AI

Moonshot AI is an artificial intelligence company that develops large language models, multimodal AI systems, and developer APIs. Its products include Kimi K3, the Kimi AI assistant, AI models for coding, document processing, data analysis, and research, as well as tools for businesses and developers. The company also publishes AI research and open-source projects focused on advancing machine learning and AI capabilities.

Moonshot AI develops large language models, multimodal AI systems, and developer APIs, including Kimi K3. Crunchbase rank #77.

Investors · 17

LeadNational Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment FundVenture capital
Investor5Y CapitalVenture capital22 partners on file
InvestorA CapitalVenture capital4 partners on file
InvestorAlibabaCorporate14 partners on file
InvestorAndon HealthVenture capital
InvestorCapital TodayVenture capital11 partners on file
InvestorCathay CapitalVenture capital20 partners on file
InvestorChina MobileVenture capital18 partners on file
InvestorCPEPrivate equity
InvestorGaorong CapitalVenture capital16 partners on file
InvestorHongShan (formerly Sequoia China)Venture capital14 partners on file
InvestorIDG CapitalVenture capital54 partners on file
InvestorMeituanCorporate17 partners on file
InvestorTencentCorporate13 partners on file
InvestorTsinghua Capital / Shuimu Chunjin Capital ManagementVenture capital
InvestorZhenFundVenture capital15 partners on file
InvestorZhongbo JuliVenture capital
218 partner contacts across these firms, emails and LinkedIn are in Investor Contacts for paid members.

Deals

All deals
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Moonshot AIGrowthOct 6
Alibaba, 5Y Capital, Tencent · Frontier AI models
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val. $50B
50× EV/ARR
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Moonshot AIdetails →Series FJul 29
National AI Industry Investment Fund (China) (lead) · Foundational AI
$3.5B
val. $35B
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Moonshot AIdetails →Series DMay 7
Alibaba (lead), Tencent (lead), CPE, IDG Capital, HSG, Meituan · Foundation models
$2B
val. $20B
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Moonshot AIdetails →Venture roundFeb 17
Investors not disclosed · Foundational AI
$700M

News, deals & research

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NewsMoonshot Releases Kimi K3.1 Pro as Open-Weight Model With Cyber Training Data RemovedOct 23NewsMeta releases Muse Spark Open, an 816B open-weight model tuned for Apple M5 Ultra Mac StudiosOct 15NewsMicrosoft AI finishes pre-training MAI-Base-2, a 2.8T-parameter mixture-of-experts modelOct 15NewsAnthropic says new classifier and preserved thinking cut distillation of Claude reasoning by 90 to 99%Oct 12DealNvidia reportedly in talks to buy open-weight model maker Reflection AI or expand its stakeOct 10NewsNvidia reportedly in talks to buy Reflection AI or deepen its $800M stake in the open-weights labOct 10DealMoonshot AI reportedly closes a round at $50B and eyes a $5B Hong Kong IPO in early 2027 with ARR near $1BOct 6NewsDeepSeek reportedly set to raise more than $12B at a ~$74B valuation, with Tencent and CATL leadingOct 6NewsReflection AI unveils Beam, a 501B open-weight MoE built to take on China's open modelsOct 5NewsGoogle unveils Project Suncatcher: TPU satellites in orbit by 2027Oct 2DealMoonshot AI raises $3.5B Series FJul 29DealKimi maker Moonshot AI raises $2B at $20B from Alibaba and TencentMay 7ResearchStanford AI Index 2026: the 425-page scorecard on where AI actually standsApr 7DealMoonshot AI raises $700M in a venture roundFeb 17
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