Moonshot AI Launches Kimi Chat, Supporting Input of 200,000 Chinese Characters


Moonshot AI is rumored to release Kimi K3.1 in Oct 2026, with Low/High/Max reasoning levels. Internal API leak shows 'k3d1-agent' identifiers, Agent mode, scenarios, config switches, possibly ultra-long context and multi-agent support.....
Moonshot AI has been reported to have submitted a confidential A1 listing application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, fully launching its HK IPO. The company has not commented on the report. The A1 is the official filing document for main board listing, and the company is simultaneously advancing other capital operations.
Moonshot AI's product Kimi has closed a Series F funding round exceeding $3.5 billion, with a post-money valuation of $35 billion. The round was oversubscribed by over three times, leading to an early close and the launch of a Series G (Pre-IPO) round at a pre-money valuation of $50 billion. Kimi's strong market validation, driven by practical features like long-context processing, and the massive fundraising reflect high investor enthusiasm for ....
The main battlefield of large model services is shifting toward retrieval-augmented question answering, multi-document summarization, and long-range agents. The request prompt is composed of dozens to hundreds of semantically independent segments (retrieved documents, skills explanations, memory, historical rounds), forming ultra-long context with tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of tokens. The pre-filling stage dominates the computing costs, becoming the most prominent cost source for service providers, and triggering more challenging problems.
The well-known AI startup "Moonshot AI" is seeking another round of financing, targeting $2 billion. If successful, its valuation could reach $30 billion, a sevenfold increase from last December. The company has developed the chatbot Kimi and is in discussions with potential investors, expecting to raise at least $1 billion.