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

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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.

Outperforming all rivals except the most powerful, Moonshot’s K3 proves open models can compete with closed ones for high-value tasks.

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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.

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