Moonshot AI accessed a trove of Nvidia’s most advanced chips this summer, according to documents filed with Beijing regulators, highlighting the Chinese AI champion’s reliance on American hardware despite US export restrictions

Moonshot AI accessed a trove of Nvidia’s most advanced chips this summer, according to documents filed with Beijing regulators, highlighting the Chinese AI champion’s reliance on American hardware despite US export restrictions

MOONSHOT SEEKS $NVDA BLACKWELL ACCESS IN EUROPE Chinese AI lab Moonshot, the developer of Kimi, has held talks to rent clusters of 8,000+ Nvidia Blackwell GPUs from European 🇪🇺 neoclouds, primarily for inference and potentially training, CNBC reports. The White House previously accused Moonshot of accessing Blackwell chips remotely through a data center in Thailand. U.S. export controls restrict shipments of these chips to China, but don't broadly prohibit Chinese companies from renting the same computing power through overseas cloud providers. One proposed arrangement reportedly involved Moonshot paying 30%-50% more upfront than non-Chinese customers, reflecting the risk of future restrictions. No completed deal has been confirmed.

Moonshot AI didn't have to do this stupid Kimi K3.1 pro launch campaign the model was okay and we would have praised it anyway but doing illegal marketing campaign before they IPO is such a bad move from them. Congratulations you played yourself.

Moonshot AI, the Chinese upstart that had its own DeepSeek moment over the summer, released the first major upgrade to the seminal model that thrust the $50 billion company into the frontier

Moonshot AI Targets $5 Billion IPO at $50 Billion Valuation According to DIGITIMES, Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI, developer of Kimi, is targeting a $5 billion Hong Kong IPO in Q1 2027, following a private valuation increase to $50 billion The company reportedly generates $1 billion in annual recurring revenue, projected to reach $2 billion by December 2026, implying a valuation of 25x projected ARR However, Moonshot faces an ongoing ownership dispute involving claims potentially exceeding $700 million, alongside Chinese data security scrutiny that could complicate its IPO The company is backed by Alibaba, Tencent, Meituan, and China Mobile