Moonshot AI's $3.5B round lifts Asia's Q3 AI funding to $21B
Asia's Q3 startup funding hits second-highest level, with AI startups securing $21B, led by Moonshot AI's $3.5B round.
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MOSI secures $150M for real-time omnimodal AI, challenging China's big three
MOSI raises $150M to advance real-time omnimodal AI, competing with DeepSeek and Moonshot AI in China's foundation model landscape.
DeepSeek targets $15B round, $75B valuation in China's AI funding surge
DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and Manus secure massive funding rounds, with DeepSeek targeting a $15B round and $75B valuation.
OpenAI ties Moonshot AI to 16,000 reasoning extraction attempts
OpenAI disrupts a large-scale campaign to extract protected reasoning from its models, linking it to individuals associated with Moonshot AI.
Moonshot's Kimi K3 open-weight model jailbroken in a week, enabling dangerous outputs
Moonshot's open-weight model Kimi K3 was jailbroken, generating dangerous information and creating an unrestricted assistant, 'Apeiron'
OpenAI disrupts 16,000-request campaign to extract model reasoning
OpenAI thwarted a coordinated attempt to extract protected model reasoning, sharing findings to bolster industry defenses.
Anthropic accuses Moonshot, DeepSeek, MiniMax and Alibaba of stealing Claude via distillation
Anthropic alleges rivals like Moonshot and Alibaba are using distillation to unlawfully access and replicate Claude's capabilities.
Moonshot AI's G-round targets $50B valuation, Kimi K3 model drives demand
Moonshot AI launches $50B pre-IPO round as Kimi K3 model boosts investor interest, with August 15 deadline for commitments.
Anthropic's $47B run rate signals enterprise AI's infrastructure phase
Anthropic hits $47B annualized revenue run rate as enterprise AI shifts to infrastructure-level commitments, per TechCrunch.
Moonshot AI's $3.5B round lifts valuation to $35B, eyes $50B IPO
Moonshot AI secures $3.5B at $35B valuation, plans $50B IPO, with K3 model driving rapid growth and U.S.-China tensions.
Moonshot's Kimi K3 sparks 10-day AI policy whiplash, IPO plans
Moonshot's Kimi K3 model release triggers a flurry of AI policy debates and strategic moves in the US and China, with Moonshot planning an IPO.
DeepSeek pauses $71B funding round after founder's leaked remarks
DeepSeek halts its second funding round, which would have valued the Chinese AI lab at $71B, following founder Liang Wenfeng's leaked comments.
White House Accuses Chinese Moonshot AI of Distilling Anthropic's Fable 5 for Kimi K3 Model
The White House claims Moonshot AI illegally distilled Anthropic's Fable 5 to build its Kimi K3 model, escalating US-China AI tensions.
Trump official accuses Moonshot AI of stealing from Anthropic's Claude Fable 5
Michael Kratsios alleges Moonshot AI targeted Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 through 'distillation' to improve its Kimi K3 model.
DeepSeek, Moonshot, GigaAI target IPOs as China's AI startups race to raise $30B+
DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and GigaAI accelerate IPO plans to fund AI research, infrastructure, and global expansion.
Moonshot AI targets $30B Hong Kong IPO after Kimi K3 outpaces Western models
Moonshot AI, valued at over $30B, prepares for a Hong Kong IPO after its Kimi K3 model outperformed Western competitors.