Wall Street Journal:
Sources: China’s Moonshot AI, developer of Kimi models, is raising several hundred million dollars for a valuation of around $4 billion and is aiming for an IPO in the second half of 2026.— It also told some potential investors that it would aim for an IPO in the second half of next year.
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