Sources: Beijing-based Moonshot, which makes the Kimi chatbot, is in talks to raise $1B+ that would value it at $30B, up from a $20B valuation in a recent round (Bloomberg)

<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-08/china-s-moonshot-ai-seeks-30-billion-value-in-new-funding-talks"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260607/i15.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260607/p15#a260607p15" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-08/china-s-moonshot-ai-seeks-30-billion-value-in-new-funding-talks">Sources: Beijing-based Moonshot, which makes the Kimi chatbot, is in talks to raise $1B+ that would value it at $30B, up from a $20B valuation in a recent round</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Moonshot AI is seeking as much as $2 billion in a new funding round that would value the startup at $30 billion &hellip; </p>