News - South China Morning Post
· collected 2026-09-03 · by Ben Jiang
Chinese AI start-up Moonshot AI, developer of the Kimi K3 model, has confidentially filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong. According to two unnamed sources, the company aims to go public early next year and is seeking to tap public markets to fund its rapid expansion. The IPO filing was made confidentially, but a listing as early as 2027's first quarter is reportedly being targeted, pending regulatory approvals and market conditions. Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 model, released in July, is the world's largest open-weight AI model with over 2.8 trillion parameters.
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Chinese artificial intelligence start-up Moonshot AI, which created the Kimi K3 model, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong. The company aims to go public early next year, but the exact timeline is subject to regulatory approvals and market conditions. Moonshot AI wants to tap into public markets to fund its rapid expansion. In July, the Beijing-based company made headlines with the release of the Kimi K3 model, a massive open-weight AI model with over 2.8 trillion parameters that indicates strong capabilities. By going public in Hong Kong, Moonshot AI is seeking to raise capital and increase its visibility on international markets.
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Moonshot AI – creator of Kimi K3 model – has filed for Hong Kong IPO: sources
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The leading Chinese AI start-up has confidentially filed for a Hong Kong listing and aims to go public early next year, sources say
Chinese artificial intelligence start-up Moonshot AI – developer of the leading Kimi K3 model – has confidentially filed for an initial public offering in Hong Kong, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, as the firm seeks to tap public markets to fund its rapid expansion.
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The Beijing-based company was targeting a Hong Kong listing as early as the first quarter of 2027, the sources told the South China Morning Post, asking not to be identified as the information was private.
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The timeline remained subject to regulatory approvals and market conditions, they added.
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Moonshot said it “doesn’t comment on market rumours or speculation” in a response to a query sent by the SCMP on Thursday.
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Moonshot made headlines in July with the release of its Kimi K3 model: the world’s largest open-weight AI model with more than 2.8 trillion parameters, which refers to the sophistication of AI systems with larger sizes usually indicating stronger capabilities.
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