{"id":15910,"date":"2026-02-18T21:32:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/moonshot-ai-targets-us12-billion-valuation-as-revenue-surges-for-kimi-models\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T21:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:32:51","slug":"moonshot-ai-targets-us12-billion-valuation-as-revenue-surges-for-kimi-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/moonshot-ai-targets-us12-billion-valuation-as-revenue-surges-for-kimi-models\/","title":{"rendered":"Moonshot AI targets US$12 billion valuation as revenue surges for Kimi models"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Moonshot AI, the Chinese start-up behind the powerful Kimi artificial intelligence models, has added at least another US$700 million to its war chest after launching another funding round that could value it at up to US$12 billion.<\/p>\n

The new round, which comes just over a month after its last one, could almost triple Moonshot’s previous valuation of US$4.3 billion amid exploding investor interest in China’s AI enterprises.<\/p>\n

It was jointly led by existing investors including Alibaba Group Holding, Tencent Holdings, Andon Hong Kong and 5Y Capital, according to a source who requested anonymity as they were not authorised to speak publicly.<\/p>\n

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Moonshot, Alibaba, Andon and 5Y did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Wednesday. Tencent declined to comment.<\/p>\n

Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post.<\/p>\n

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Moonshot’s latest flagship model Kimi K2.5 was named one of the strongest open models in the world,<\/span> just a few months behind rival US models, according to third-party benchmark firm Artificial Analysis.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Moonshot AI, the Chinese start-up behind the powerful Kimi artificial intelligence models, has added at least another US$700 million to its war chest after launching another funding round that could value it at up to US$12 billion. The new round, which comes just over a month after its last one, could almost triple Moonshot’s previous…<\/p>\n

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