引用Manqi Cheng 程曼祺@ChengManqi
Just published an exclusive on LatePost. A few highlights:
- Kimi (Moonshot AI) is closing a new $2B funding round at a $20B+ post-money valuation — led by Meituan Dragonball(美团龙珠), with China Mobile and CPE(中信产业基金)among participants. Dragonball alone put in $200M+.
- This comes after Kimi already raised three rounds in Jan-Feb 2025 ($500M, $700M, $700M). In under six months, total raised exceeds $3.9B. Valuation is up 4x from ~$4.3B in November 2025.
- Kimi is now the most-funded Chinese AI startup, with cumulative raises surpassing ¥376B RMB — ahead of MiniMax (~¥150B) and Zhipu (~¥130B).(DeepSeek’s first-ever funding round is currently underway.)
-ARR hit $100M in early March and grew to $200M+ by April, per Wang Xinyu, partner at Meituan Dragon Ball. Both paid subscriptions and API usage are accelerating.🧵