Moonshot AI founder Yang Zhilin has become the face of China’s AI boom after the release of his new model that appears to narrow the lead held by US companies.

Kimi K3 drew excitement from industry insiders, with some evoking a 2025 release from China's DeepSeek that shook assumptions of US dominance in AI.

The company says its model outperforms some cutting-edge U.S. systems, the latest sign that Chinese labs can rival American counterparts | World News

Another powerful new artificial intelligence model from China is taking the U.S. tech industry by surprise

China placed international cooperation at the centre of the 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance in Shanghai, where governments, researchers,…

Moonshot's founder trained at Carnegie Mellon. Now his Kimi K3 model is beating U.S. giants at their own game — and making Silicon Valley sweat.

Moonshot AI founder Yang Zhilin has become the face of China’s AI boom after the release of his new model that appears to narrow the lead held by US companies.

人工知能(AI)開発の2大大国の一角を担う中国が、先を行く米国との差を急速に縮めている。豊富なデータを武器に低コストで高性能なAIを次々と開発。ロボットなどに搭載して社会での実用化を加速している。 …

Within days, Moonshot and Alibaba unveiled frontier models they claim rival OpenAI and Anthropic.

Will startup give AI industry another 'DeepSeek moment'?

Kimi K3 beats most AI models, except OpenAI's GPT-5.6 and Anthropic's Claude Fable 5. Moonshot is now seeking a valuation of over $30 billion ahead of an IPO.

The new model from Moonshot AI has revived doubts over Silicon Valley’s cost-heavy strategy, but analysts expect demand for compute to keep rising.

Users on Weibo are calling Yang Zhilin a "millennial genius," upsetting US tech stocks with Moonshot AI's latest Kimi K3 model.