Moonshot, the Chinese AI startup behind Kimi chatbot, raised ~$2B at a $20B+ valuation led by Meituan's venture arm; Moonshot's ARR topped $200M in April 2026 (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg)

<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-07/kimi-chatbot-maker-moonshot-ai-valued-at-20-billion-in-meituan-led-round"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260507/i1.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260507/p1#a260507p1" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Zheping Huang / <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-07/kimi-chatbot-maker-moonshot-ai-valued-at-20-billion-in-meituan-led-round">Moonshot, the Chinese AI startup behind Kimi chatbot, raised ~$2B at a $20B+ valuation led by Meituan's venture arm; Moonshot's ARR topped $200M in April 2026</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Moonshot AI has raised about $2 billion in its latest funding round, signaling growing investor appetite for Chinese startups rivaling Silicon Valley's leaders.</p>