Moonshot AI targets an IPO in Hong Kong: Kimi K3 makes a splash in the markets
Moonshot AI, publisher of Kimi K3, is preparing for its IPO in Hong Kong. The frontier bet moves to the liquidity stage.
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Kimi K3 goes live: Moonshot ships the model after the preview flood
After the wave of teasers and benchmark videos, Moonshot AI has put Kimi K3 into production on kimi.com and via its code API. The question is no longer "when," but "at what price, at what latency, and for what real use."
Jul 16, 2026 at 21:46 29 8
Kimi × Agricultural Bank of China × Amex: the first AI-native credit card
Moonshot AI (Kimi) partners with Agricultural Bank of China and American Express to launch a credit card whose interface, customer relationship, and scoring are powered by a Chinese LLM. This is the first time a Chinese LLM has been placed at the heart of a major banking product.
Jul 11, 2026 at 17:19 3 10
China's AI startup shuffle: Tencent circles Manus, Moonshot goes state-backed, MiniMax raises $2bn
Three data points on the same afternoon: Tencent in talks to become Manus' biggest shareholder, Moonshot AI takes state-backed money, and MiniMax seeks $2bn. The Chinese AI startup landscape is consolidating around big-money anchors - the era of independence is closing.
Jul 11, 2026 at 11:41 6 7
Moonshot suspends new Kimi K3 subscriptions: launch-week demand outruns capacity
Days after Kimi K3 went live, Moonshot has paused new paid subscriptions - a rare public admission that a Chinese frontier lab hit its own inference ceiling on launch week.
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Kimi K3 reception layer: how the analyst reads splits - and what actually shipped
A week after the go-live of Kimi K3, analysts' interpretations diverge. TechCrunch headlines "threat or menace," while practitioners put it into production. The real signal is no longer the model: it's the adoption curve.
Jul 19, 2026 at 00:37 7 8
Kimi K3 pricing: China's frontier goes premium, ends the race-to-the-bottom
Moonshot has priced Kimi K3 at 3-15× the tokens of DeepSeek - the first time a Chinese frontier lab has publicly asked for a premium against its domestic peers, and a break with the price-war narrative.
Jul 18, 2026 at 11:11 20 9
Kimi K3 goes live at 2.8 trillion parameters: Moonshot ships the biggest open-weight frontier bet yet
Moonshot takes Kimi K3 to GA with a striking figure: 2.8 trillion parameters, the largest open-weight architecture announced to date.
Jul 17, 2026 at 09:18 16 8
Tech in Asia: Oracle capex $50B FY26 - credit risk tightens, Asian reading counts
An Asian rebound in S&P reading - important for the appetite of Japanese/Korean institutions on Oracle revolvers.
19 h ago 7 9
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China: CAC regulates "anthropomorphic" AI companion apps - interim measures, not outright ban [ENCADRE titre="What is an anthropomorphic AI?" contenu="An AI that mimics human characteristics, such as emotions, personality, and appearance."]
The regime targets apps that simulate a specific personality and maintain a consistent emotional relationship - new pillar of the social framework for consumer LLM in China.
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India: the Supreme Court bar opposes mandatory AI disclosure
Lawyers for the Indian SC reject the MeitY draft's AI disclosure mandate - first pro/regulator split on the Indian AI Act.
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MIT Tech Review: AI develops recruitment biases faster than humans
A study documents what HR managers feared without measuring it: algorithmic bias in recruitment is not inherited, it is produced.
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