Chinese LLM lab behind the Kimi chatbot and K2 model family.
AI📍 Beijing, ChinaFounded 2023
Current Valuation
$20B
as of 2026-Q2
DECACORN
IPO Outlookprivate
Is Moonshot AI going public?
No. Moonshot AI is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Moonshot AI's valuation in 2026?
Moonshot AI is valued at $20B as of 2026-Q2, set by its Series D ($2.0B, May 2026). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Moonshot AI is the Beijing-based LLM lab behind the Kimi chatbot (one of China's most-used consumer AI products) and the open-weight Kimi K2 model family. The Yang Zhilin-led company is reportedly closing a $2B round at a $20B valuation as of May 2026, with backing from Alibaba and Tencent.
Company Profile
CEO
Yang Zhilin
Founded
2023
HQ
Beijing, China
Employees
~300
Total Raised
$3.8B
Growth
Hyper-growth (consumer + API)
Last Round
Series D — $2.0B (May 2026) · Lead: Undisclosed (existing + new)
IPO Status
private
Fundraising Status
Series D · $2.0B · 3 mo ago
privateTotal raised $3.8B
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Series D
$2.0B
May 2026
Undisclosed (existing + new)
—
Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML
Open models
19
Downloads (30d)
5,611,977
across all models
Followers
17,308
Top model
Kimi-K3
2,226,898 downloads / 30d
Attributed to Hugging Face organization "Moonshot AI" as of 2026-08-19. Open-weights footprint only — closed-model usage is not publicly measurable. Verify on Hugging Face ↗
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
● First snapshot
trend accrues with monthly sweeps
Open roles
5
via ashby
Product-build share
40%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
balanced build + GTM — 40% builders vs 60% go-to-market/G&A — scaling both sides.
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by function
■ product-building ■ go-to-market / G&A
Senior Software EngineerStaff Software EngineerHead of MarketingField Marketing LeadVP Sales
Counted from Moonshot AI's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Founders & Key People
Yang ZhilinZhou XinyuWu Yuxin
Investors
Alibaba · Tencent · IDG Capital · Sequoia China · Meituan · Hongshan
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2026-Q2. Refreshed quarterly.