Analyst Estimates Kimi K3 Erased $314B from OpenAI, Anthropic Valuations
Moonshot said demand for Kimi K3 was strong enough to pause new sign-ups as annual recurring revenue reached $300 million.
- On Saturday, Bloomberg reported that Beijing-based Moonshot AI is preparing for a Hong Kong IPO within six months, wrapping a fundraising round that may value the company at more than $30 billion.
- Annual recurring revenue hit $300 million in June, up from $200 million in April, while the Kimi K3 model released last week matched or exceeded top U.S. benchmarks, accelerating the listing timeline.
- Moonshot has begun dismantling its "red chip" structure, a requirement for smoother overseas listing, and held talks with China International Capital Corp and Goldman Sachs Group Inc about working on the offering.
- Investors have officially received a shareholder resolution seeking backing for the IPO, a listing that would mark one of the largest Chinese AI offerings on record.
- Separately, Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek is planning a fresh fundraising round at a valuation of about 500 billion yuan ahead of a potential mainland IPO in 2027, shaping a competitive landscape.
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Moonshot AI reportedly plans final pre-IPO round at $50 billion valuation · TechNode
Moonshot AI, the developer of the Kimi chatbot, reportedly plans to begin talks in August for a final pre-IPO funding round targeting a pre-money valuation of up to $50 billion. The company could pursue a Hong Kong listing within six months. The round would follow current financing expected to value Moonshot at about $31.5 billion before new capital. The company has also sent an IPO proposal to investors and is preparing to remove its overseas r…
China-based Moonshot AI seeks $50B valuation — and could go public this year: report
Chinese AI firm Moonshot is reportedly seeking a $50 billion valuation in a new fundraising round – days after the release of its powerful Kimi K3 model sparked chatter that China was catching up to US giants like OpenAI and Anthropic.
American Businesses Can’t Get Enough Of China’s AI
A Chinese startup has launched the world’s largest publicly available AI model (dispelling ideas that they lag far behind the U.S.), as data attributes almost 60% of U.S. firms’ AI usage to cheaper services from China. Chinese AI startup Moonshot has launched Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion-parameter model it says is the world’s largest “open-weight” AI system (meaning publicly available for download), with performance approaching Anthropic’s Fable mode…
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