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Open-Weight Lab
Moonshot AI (Kimi)
Long-context, agentic intelligence for everyone (Kimi).
Valuation$30B
Funding$700M+ raised February 2026
FlagshipKimi K3
Founded2023 · Beijing
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Bright Sentience Score
Rank #10 of 23
What they're building
Kimi is China's breakout consumer and developer AI brand. Kimi K2 (2025) set records for open-weight agentic models; Kimi K3 (July 2026) is a 2.8-trillion-parameter frontier long-context reasoning model with a 1M-token window, and Kimi K2.7 Code is an open-weight coding model built for long agent trajectories.
Latest developments
- Kimi K3 released Jul 16, 2026 at $3/$15 per million tokens via gateways.
- Valuation reached $30B in June 2026 after revenue surged; IPO in Hong Kong reported to be near.
- Kimi K2.7 Code (June 2026): open-weight, 262K context, multimodal input.
Why it matters
Moonshot is the clearest example of a Chinese lab competing on both open weights and consumer product at once, with valuation momentum to match.
Key facts
Leader
Yang Zhilin
FoundersYang Zhilin, Zhou Xinyu, Wu Yuxin
PeopleYang Zhilin (CEO)
HQBeijing, China
Latest modelKimi K3 (Jul 16, 2026): 2.8T parameters, 1M context
Valuation noteJune 2026, a sixfold increase in six months; Hong Kong IPO reported near
InvestorsAlibaba, Tencent, HongShan (Sequoia China), Meituan, IDG Capital
WebsiteNearby on the leaderboard