Moonshot AI

Private

Beijing-based Chinese open-weight AI lab behind the Kimi LLM series. Kimi K2.6 is a 1T-parameter MoE with a 262K context window. ARR crossed $200M and the company raised roughly $3.9B over the prior six months across multiple strategic rounds.

Founders Yang Zhilin, Zhou Xinyu, Wu Yuxin

CEO Yang Zhilin

Company

Founded

2023

Headquarters

Beijing, China

Financials

Total Funding

$4.0B

Last Valuation

$20.0B

Sectors

Artificial Intelligence Consumer Tech

kimi.com

Funding History

4 rounds

Series D May 7, 2026

$2.0B

Valuation: $20.0B

Long-Z Investment (Lead) Tsinghua Capital China Mobile CPE Yuanfeng Alibaba Group Tencent HongShan ZhenFund IDG Capital 5Y Capital

Series C Feb 15, 2026

$700M

Valuation: $10.0B

Tencent (Lead) Alibaba Group HongShan

Series B Aug 15, 2024

$300M

Valuation: $3.3B

Tencent (Lead) Gaorong Capital

Series A Feb 15, 2024

$1.0B

Valuation: $2.5B

Alibaba Group (Lead)

Funding data is compiled from multiple independent sources including company announcements, press coverage, and regulatory filings. While we strive for accuracy, amounts and dates may reflect reported figures at time of announcement.