Moonshot AI
Beijing-based frontier AI company behind the Kimi assistant, open-weight Kimi foundation models, multimodal and reasoning systems, and agent products.
$35B*714%increase
Key stats
- $5.3B
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- 21
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- 29
- 18
- Sep 3, 2026
- Models
Recent releases
Sep 3, 2026Moonshot confidentially files for Hong Kong IPOAnnouncedIPO
Reuters reported that Moonshot confidentially filed for a Hong Kong IPO and was targeting a roughly $3 billion offering.
Jul 29, 2026Moonshot closes $3.5B financing at $35B valuationFunding round
Moonshot closed a $3.5 billion financing round, valuing the company at $35 billion.
Jul 27, 2026Kimi K3 full weights publishedOpen weights
Moonshot published the full Kimi K3 weights and implementation resources.
Jul 20, 2026Moonshot pauses Kimi subscriptions amid K3 demandNews
Moonshot temporarily paused new Kimi subscriptions as demand for K3 strained available capacity.
Jul 16, 2026Kimi K3 releasedModel release
Kimi K3 launched with native vision, agentic capabilities and a one-million-token context window.
Jul 16, 2026Kimi K3 family introducedModel release
Moonshot introduced Kimi K3, its 2.8T-parameter native multimodal frontier model family.
Jun 2026Kimi K2.8 Preview releasedModel release
Moonshot previewed an intermediate K2-generation model before Kimi K3.
Apr 20, 2026Kimi presentation creation releasedFeature update
Kimi added agentic presentation and slide creation capabilities.
Upcoming
Nothing scheduled.
AI valuation history
$0
$12.5B
$25B
$37.5B
$50B
$2.5B
Feb 19, 2024
$3.3B
Aug 5, 2024
$4.3B
Dec 31, 2025
$35B
Jul 29, 2026
20252026
Models
| Model | Released | Open source |
|---|---|---|
| Kimi K3 | Jul 2026 | Yes |
| Kimi K3Family | Jul 2026 | Yes |
| Kimi K2.6 | Apr 2026 | Yes |
| Kimi K2.5 | Jan 2026 | Yes |
| Kimi K2 Thinking | Nov 2025 | Yes |
| Kimi LinearFamily | Oct 2025 | Yes |
Platforms & products
| Name | Type | Category | Launched | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agent Swarm | Product | — | Apr 2026 | active |
| Kimi Claw | Product | — | Feb 2026 | beta |
| OK Computer | Product | — | Sep 2025 | active |
| Kimi Agent | Product | — | Sep 2025 | active |
| Kimi Chat | Product | — | Oct 2023 | active |
| Kimi Platform | Platform | AI Assistant | Oct 2023 | active |
| Checkpoint Engine | Product | — | — | active |
| FlashKDA | Product | — | — | active |
| Kimi App | Product | — | — | active |
| Kimi Code | Product | — | — | active |
| Kimi Researcher | Product | — | — | active |
| Kimi Slides | Product | — | — | active |
| Kimi Work | Product | — | — | active |
| MoBA | Product | — | — | research |
| Mooncake | Product | — | — | active |
| MoonEP | Product | — | — | active |
| Moonshot API | Platform | Developer Platform | — | active |
| Moonshot Research Infrastructure | Platform | AI Infrastructure | — | active |
Sources
- Sep 3, 2026 · Moonshot confidentially files for Hong Kong IPOReuters
- Jul 29, 2026 · Moonshot closes $3.5B financing at $35B valuationBloomberg
- Jul 27, 2026 · Kimi K3 full weights publishedMoonshot AI
- Jul 20, 2026 · Moonshot pauses Kimi subscriptions amid K3 demandReuters
- Jul 16, 2026 · Kimi K3 releasedMoonshot AI
- Jul 16, 2026 · Kimi K3 family introducedMoonshot AI
- Jun 1, 2026 · Kimi K2.8 Preview releasedMoonshot AI
- Apr 20, 2026 · Kimi presentation creation releasedMoonshot AI
- Apr 20, 2026 · Kimi Work added to productivity suiteMoonshot AI
- Apr 20, 2026 · Kimi Researcher documented in agent suiteMoonshot AI
- Apr 20, 2026 · Agent Swarm upgradedMoonshot AI
- Apr 20, 2026 · Kimi K2.6 released and open-sourcedMoonshot AI
- Mar 1, 2026 · Checkpoint Engine releasedMoonshot AI
- Mar 1, 2026 · FlashKDA releasedMoonshot AI
- Mar 1, 2026 · MoonEP releasedMoonshot AI
- Mar 1, 2026 · MoBA research implementation releasedMoonshot AI
- Feb 1, 2026 · Kimi Claw enters public betaMoonshot AI
- Jan 27, 2026 · Kimi K2.5 releasedMoonshot AI
- Dec 31, 2025 · Moonshot raises $500M at $4.3B valuationWikipedia
- Nov 6, 2025 · Kimi K2 Thinking releasedMoonshot AI
- Nov 1, 2025 · Kimi Code releasedMoonshot AI
- Oct 1, 2025 · Kimi Linear 48B weights releasedMoonshot AI
- Oct 1, 2025 · Kimi Linear architecture introducedMoonshot AI
- Sep 26, 2025 · OK Computer agent mode launchesMoonshot AI
- Sep 5, 2025 · Kimi K2 Instruct 0905 releasedMoonshot AI
- Sep 5, 2025 · Kimi Agent mode launchesMoonshot AI
- Jul 11, 2025 · Kimi K2 Instruct weights releasedMoonshot AI
- Jul 11, 2025 · Kimi K2 Base weights releasedMoonshot AI
- Jul 11, 2025 · Kimi K2 family introducedMoonshot AI
- Jun 16, 2025 · Kimi-Dev-72B releasedMoonshot AI
- Jun 1, 2025 · Kimina-Prover 7B releasedMoonshot AI
- May 1, 2025 · Kimi-Audio 7B weights releasedMoonshot AI
- May 1, 2025 · Kimi-Audio project releasedMoonshot AI
- Apr 1, 2025 · Kimi-VL-A3B-Thinking open weights releasedMoonshot AI
- Apr 1, 2025 · Kimi-VL-A3B-Instruct open weights releasedMoonshot AI
- Apr 1, 2025 · Kimi-VL model family releasedMoonshot AI
- Mar 1, 2025 · Kimina-Prover Preview releasedMoonshot AI
- Mar 1, 2025 · Kimina-Prover project introducedMoonshot AI
- Feb 1, 2025 · Moonlight 16B research weights releasedMoonshot AI
- Jan 20, 2025 · Kimi k1.5 releasedMoonshot AI
- Jan 20, 2025 · Kimi reasoning model family introducedMoonshot AI
- Jan 1, 2025 · Kimi k1 reasoning model disclosedMoonshot AI
- Nov 1, 2024 · Kimi k0-math research model disclosedMoonshot AI
- Aug 5, 2024 · Moonshot reaches $3.3B valuationWikipedia
- Mar 18, 2024 · Kimi tests two-million-character contextWikipedia
- Mar 1, 2024 · Mooncake serving architecture releasedMoonshot AI
- Mar 1, 2024 · Moonshot publishes open research infrastructureMoonshot AI
- Feb 19, 2024 · Alibaba-led financing values Moonshot at $2.5BBloomberg
- Jan 1, 2024 · Kimi mobile app releasedMoonshot AI
- Nov 1, 2023 · moonshot-v1-128k API model releasedWikipedia
- Nov 1, 2023 · moonshot-v1-32k API model releasedWikipedia
- Nov 1, 2023 · Moonshot API opens to developersWikipedia
- Nov 1, 2023 · moonshot-v1-8k API model releasedWikipedia
- Oct 9, 2023 · Kimi Chat releasedMoonshot AI
- Oct 9, 2023 · Kimi platform launchesMoonshot AI
- Mar 1, 2023 · Moonshot AI foundedWikipedia
* Market cap / valuation. Company values are AI-attributed: the latest market cap or valuation × the share attributed to AI (100% for pure AI companies). Methodology