Moonshot AI
AI model company behind Kimi, working on reasoning, coding, long-context multimodal models and agents.
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At a glance
AI model company behind Kimi, working on reasoning, coding, long-context multimodal models and agents.
- Founded
- 2023
- Based in
- Beijing, China
- Products
- Kimi; Kimi Code; developer API
- Reference
- Moonshot AI
Reviewed 19 October 2026. Dates retain the precision of the source; retrospective disclosures are identified in the event. Reported financing and ARR are attributed to their sources; unconfirmed IPO plans are not treated as completed listings.
Company milestones
Revenue, funding, product launches and major company events, newest first. Expand the earlier milestones for more history.
Reported $3.5B round at $35B valuation
Reuters reports a completed financing round following Kimi’s product expansion; valuation is distinct from revenue.
Source: ReutersIntroduces Kimi K3
The native multimodal flagship adds a 1M-token context window and a new architecture for long-horizon coding and knowledge work.
Source: Moonshot AI
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Earlier revenue, financing and company milestones.
Reported ARR exceeds $200M in April
A financial-adviser statement cited by SCMP attributes growth to subscriptions and API services. This is reported ARR, not recognized full-year sales.
Source: SCMPReleases Kimi K2.6
The next K2 generation improves the platform’s agentic and coding capabilities before K3.
Source: Moonshot AIReleases Kimi K2.5
The model adds visual agent capabilities and multimodal workflows to the K2 family.
Source: Moonshot AIIntroduces Kimi K2
The open-weight mixture-of-experts model broadens Moonshot’s reach among developers building agentic systems.
Source: Moonshot AIPublishes Kimi-Audio
The company releases a technical report, checkpoints and evaluation tools for audio understanding and generation.
Source: Moonshot AI paperMoonshot AI is founded
The company begins developing the Kimi assistant and long-context model platform.
Source: Moonshot AI
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