AI lab · updated 22 October 2026
Is Moonshot AI winning the AI race?
Not right now. Moonshot AI is #8 of 10 on the AI Race index, 35.5 points behind the leader, Meta.
#8 58.8 ±0.0 in 24h
Moonshot AI at a glance
- Flagship model
- Kimi K3, released 2026-07
- Based in
- Beijing, CN
- Valuation
- Reported (Bloomberg), 6 Oct 2026: round closed at ~$50B; HK IPO eyed early 2027
- Attention, 24h
- 29/100 · 11 stories, 0 HN points (not counted in the index)
The Beijing lab behind Kimi and its long-horizon agents.
What the score is made of
| Component | Weight | Moonshot |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | 55% | 80.0 |
| Release velocity | 25% | 4.0 |
| Compute & capital | 20% | 69.0 |
The index is a 7-day average. Capability comes from the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index and LMArena, release velocity from model launches on OpenRouter, and capital from valuations or market caps. News attention is shown but never counted. How the index works.
Latest Moonshot AI models
- Kimi K3 · 16 July 2026
- Kimi K2.7 Code · 12 June 2026
- Kimi K2.6 · 20 April 2026
- Kimi K2.5 · 27 January 2026
- Kimi K2 Thinking · 6 November 2025
Moonshot AI in the news
- Chinese AI prodigy rumored to join Vietnamese scientist's startup · Báo VietNamNet
- 17-Year-Old Chinese Prodigy Behind Musk-Praised “Kimi Shock” Paper Rumored to Join Google Alumni Startup · 아시아경제
- Moonshot AI expands to Singapore and starts hiring · Crypto Briefing
- China’s Moonshot AI Expands Singapore Push With New Sales Role · Brand Icon Image
- 17-Year-Old Chen Guangyu Joins Jeff Dean's New Company Right After Departing Kimi · 36Kr
- Moonshot AI Posts a Singapore Sales Job as It Chases Global Customers · Startup Fortune
- China’s Moonshot AI to operate in Singapore, jobs post shows · SRN News
- 17-Year-Old AI Researcher Chen Guangyu Leaves Moonshot's Kimi for Jeff Dean's Startup Discovery Loop · BigGo Finance
How Moonshot AI compares
| # | Lab | Index | 24h | Flagship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meta | 94.3 | −0.1 | Muse Wonder |
| 2 | Anthropic | 91.6 | −0.1 | Claude Opus 5.5 |
| 3 | Google DeepMind | 89.7 | −0.1 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| 4 | Alibaba Qwen | 80.6 | −0.1 | Qwen3.8-Max |
| 5 | OpenAI | 80.4 | ±0.0 | GPT-6 Astra |
| 6 | DeepSeek | 73.8 | −0.1 | DeepSeek V4.1-Flash |
| 7 | xAI | 70.8 | −0.1 | Grok 4.7 |
| 8 | Moonshot AI | 58.8 | ±0.0 | Kimi K3 |
| 9 | Mistral AI | 56.5 | ±0.0 | Mistral Large 4 |
| 10 | Apple | 50.1 | ±0.0 | Siri AI (iOS 27) |