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Moonshot AI

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Also called Moonshot, 月之暗面

Facts

founded
March 2023source, accessed 2026-08-28
headquarters
Haidian district, Beijing, Chinasource, accessed 2026-08-28
valuation
US$35 billion (July 2026)source, accessed 2026-08-28
flagship license
Kimi K3 License — bespoke, not MITsource, accessed 2026-08-28
flagship license commercial trigger
a separate agreement with Moonshot AI, required before commercial use once a Model-as-a-Service operator's revenue passes US$20 million over any consecutive 12 monthssource, accessed 2026-08-28
flagship license attribution trigger
the Kimi K3 name displayed prominently in the interface of any product above 100 million monthly active users or US$20 million in monthly revenuesource, accessed 2026-08-28
flagship negotiated revenue share
up to 30% revenue sharing in the commercial agreement that hosters above the threshold must negotiatesource, accessed 2026-08-28
predecessor license condition
one modification to MIT — the Kimi K2.5 name displayed prominently in the interface of any product above 100 million monthly active users or US$20 million in monthly revenuesource, accessed 2026-08-28
flagship parameters
2.8T total, 104B activatedsource, accessed 2026-08-28

Timeline

  1. Kimi K2.5 and the moonshot-v1 series sunset on Moonshot's own platformsource
  2. Kimi K3 listed — 2.8T parameters, open weights under the bespoke Kimi K3 Licensesource
  3. Kimi K2.5 released with published weights under a Modified MIT Licensesource