Moonshot AI
Moonshot AI is the Beijing company behind Kimi. It began in spring 2023, and its published business license records incorporation on 17 April 2023. Founder and CEO Yang Zhilin leads the company.
Sources
- Moonshot AI company history and contact address
- Moonshot AI published business license, issued February 2025
- NVIDIA GTC 2026: Zhilin Yang, founder and CEO of Kimi
- Kimi privacy notice, updated 5 November 2026
- Alibaba fiscal 2026 annual report: investment in Moonshot
- Yuxin Wu: research background and Moonshot AI role
- Kimi Chinese API release history, 2024 and 2025
- Bloomberg: Moonshot completed financing
