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China's Moonshot AI, maker of Kimi chatbot, hits $18B valuation amid surge in AI investment.
China's Moonshot AI, creator of the Kimi chatbot, has reached an estimated $18 billion valuation in a new funding round seeking up to $1 billion, more than quadrupling its value in three months.
The surge follows strong investor interest in China’s AI sector, driven by the success of its Kimi K2.5 model and the launch of Kimi Claw, which reportedly boosted monthly sales past its previous year’s total.
Backed by Alibaba, Tencent, and 5Y Capital, the company, founded by former Meta and Google AI researcher Yang Zhilin, offers subscriptions and enterprise tools but trails rivals like Zhipu and MiniMax in commercial use.
The broader Chinese AI boom has seen firms like MiniMax briefly surpass Baidu in market value, though global expansion has drawn scrutiny, including allegations of data extraction from Anthropic’s Claude model.
La IA Moonshot de China, fabricante del chatbot Kimi, alcanza una valoración de $ 18 mil millones en medio de un aumento en la inversión en IA.