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Moonshot AI

Chinese AI model developers agree on multimodality’s long-term value, but not on when its benefits justify the cost.

Kimi K3 and DeepSeek V4 expose widening divide over native multimodality

Its ARR reportedly grew faster than Anthropic’s did at the same stage.

China’s Z.ai reaches USD 1 billion in ARR after 15-fold growth in six months

Surging post-IPO market caps are setting new valuation anchors and reshaping investor expectations.

Moonshot AI sparks investor frenzy as Z.ai and MiniMax reset valuation benchmarks

A real debate is brewing over whether Moonshot AI’s latest open-source model belongs in the top echelon of AI.

Is Kimi K2 strong enough to spark China’s next “DeepSeek moment?”

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The Chinese AI unicorn’s latest visual model can understand both videos and web pages.