Tech Brief (Oct. 27): Unitree Warns of Valuation Risks After Shares Surge More Than 65% Apple’s debut foldable phone suffers hardware and software glitches, Moonshot AI launches more powerful Kimi model Caixin Global · Oct 27
China's Moonshot AI launches Kimi K3.1 Pro; plans full model weights release by November Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company Moonshot AI has unveiled Kimi K3.1 Pro, a 3-trillion-parameter open-weight AI model featuring a 1-million-token context window, alongside a high-speed variant, Kimi K3.1 Pro Highspeed, according to a company statement. The Economic Times · Oct 24
DeepSeek and Kimi K3: The Open-Source Strategy Turning Chinese AI Into a Geopolitical Force Chinese AI models now power 55% of Vercel developer traffic. How DeepSeek V4 and Kimi K3 reshaped global AI—and why Beijing just tried to slow it down. Latin Times · Oct 23
Moonshot AI eyes Hong Kong IPO after $50 billion valuation as DeepSeek raises capital Chinese AI start-up Moonshot AI is targeting for a Hong Kong listing in early 2027 after its valuation hit $50 billion (€44.6bn), while rival DeepSeek is raising between ¥80 billion (€10.6bn) and ¥100 billion (€13.3bn) in a round led by Tencent and CATL, fuelling bets on its own market debut. Euronews · Oct 6
OpenAI reveals huge ‘co-ordinated campaign’ to attack ChatGPT Company accuses rival Chinese AI firm Moonshot of trying to ‘distil’ its models The Independent UK · Oct 1
As world debates risks of AI, China closes technology gap with US The US has outpaced China and other countries for years in AI model capabilities, research, citations and other areas. But China has been rapidly catching up as an AI superpower even as US-led restrictions have blocked China from accessing some of the most advanced technologies, including the cutting-edge chips and… The Economic Times · Sep 15
China rejects Anthropic allegations of using Claude to train their models China has firmly rejected accusations by US artificial intelligence company Anthropic that Chinese AI labs, including DeepSeek, Alibaba and Moonshot AI, carried out large-scale efforts to extract responses from its Claude models and use them to train their own systems. The Times of India · Sep 12
DeepSeek And Alibaba Are Closing The AI Gap. Anthropic Accuses them Of Using Claude To Help Train Their Models. Anthropic linked Alibaba to more than 151 million Claude exchanges and DeepSeek to another 12.1 million as Chinese labs sought advanced reasoning capabilities. International Business Times · Sep 11
US Names Six Chinese AI Firms Accused of Stealing Claude, GPT and Gemini Capabilities US agencies accuse six China-based AI companies of extracting capabilities from US AI models, alleging industrial-scale operations with potential government knowledge, raising concerns over AI trust and transparency. International Business Times UK · Sep 8
Business Brief (Aug. 6): China Announces Trade Countermeasures Against the U.S. Moonshot AI seeks $50 billion valuation in new funding round, Chinese mainland tax authorities begin levying returns from offshore insurance policies Caixin Global · Aug 6
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Is Quietly Rallying CEOs to Prepare for AI's Biggest Risks: Report JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon is reportedly urging corporate leaders to join a U.S.-focused industry group aimed at addressing AI-related risks as businesses rapidly adopt artificial intelligence. Benzinga · Aug 5
The Debate About The Cost Of Ai Has Taken Centerstage. OpenAI is Cutting The Price Of Two Models OpenAI is cutting prices for two of its models as the debate over the technology's costs takes centerstage. International Business Times · Jul 30
GPT-5.6, ChatGPT Work lift OpenAI’s July ARR over Q2 OpenAI's revenue growth has surpassed second-quarter levels, driven by new product launches. The company is expanding its customer base to support significant AI infrastructure investments. OpenAI aims for substantial compute spending by 2030 and seeks Nvidia funding. Rival Anthropic also shows strong revenue growth with its coding assistant. Competition from… The Economic Times · Jul 30
International Business Times UK · Jul 29 Google Helps Chinese Firm Accused by White House of Copying US AI Models Bring Kimi K3 to US Cloud Google Cloud added support for Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 model days after White House officials accused the Chinese company of copying US AI technology.
Benzinga · Jul 29 Nvidia And Meta Think Chinese AI Shouldn't Be Banned—Here's Why Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang and Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg are converging on a message that runs counter to growing calls in Washington to restrict Chinese artificial intelligence models: don’t ban them—beat them.
The Economic Times · Jul 29 Moonshot AI closes $3.5 billion funding round to hit $35 billion valuation The Beijing-based startup managed to secure far more than the $1 billion to $2 billion it initially targeted, people familiar with the matter said. The National Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund — the state vehicle that’s also a backer of DeepSeek’s — was among the lead investors in the round,…
Tom’s Hardware · Jul 29 China's Moonshot AI reportedly used Nvidia Blackwell chips for training Kimi K3 — company circumvented both U.S. export and Chinese import controls to acquire compute Moonshot AI reportedly used Nvidia Blackwell chips for training Kimi K3 — potentially circumventing both U.S. export and Chinese import controls
The Economic Times · Jul 29 China is throwing a 1-2-3 punch at the global AI trade In quick succession, China has thrown a powerful 1-2-3 punch at the global AI trade. On July 16, Beijing-based startup Moonshot AI released the Kimi K3 model with performance that rivals top-tier offerings from OpenAI and Anthropic.
Tom’s Guide · Jul 28 What is Kimi K3? Everything you need to know about the new ChatGPT rival What is Kimi K3? Discover Moonshot AI’s new open-weight ChatGPT rival, its key features for coding and agents, pricing, and the latest news.
Caixin Global · Jul 28 Tech Brief (July 28): Chipmaker CXMT Surges 470% in STAR Market Debut Momenta launches Robovan business in Suzhou, Meituan upgrades local-services AI assistant and agent platform
International Business Times · Jul 27 China's AI Companies Are Winning Users, But Losing Money Chinese AI startups are winning over global developers with low-cost open-weight models, but soaring compute costs and heavy losses show that widespread adoption has not yet created a profitable business model.
Tom’s Hardware · Jul 27 Moonshot AI releases weights for Kimi-K3, firing a shot across the bow of OpenAI and Anthropic — open-weight model performs almost as well as frontier models while being 2-3x easier to run Moonshot AI has released the weights for its recent Kimi-K3 model, directly going against OpenAI and Anthropic.
Fortune · Jul 26 China's Moonshot, Z.AI, and DeepSeek are challenging U.S. AI labs—and beating them on cost “The AI ecosystem in China is probably much better than people thought."
TechRadar · Jul 25 OpenAI quietly signs letter from Nvidia, Microsoft, and Meta warning about dangers of 'premature restrictions' on open-weight AI models — as the White House accuses China of stealing from Anthropic With China's open-weight AI models continuing to improve, US companies want to see a free market for all.