Insider says report of Moonshot AI filing for Hong Kong IPO this month is untrue

A person familiar with the matter said a report claiming Moonshot AI could submit a Hong Kong IPO application as early as this month is untrue, according to National Business Daily. The source-level rebuttal did not indicate that the company, which develops the AI assistant Kimi, had filed with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange or set a listing timetable.

A person familiar with the matter said that a report claiming Moonshot AI could submit a Hong Kong IPO application as early as this month is untrue. The report attributed the rebuttal to the source rather than to Moonshot AI itself, and did not indicate that the company had filed with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange or set a listing timetable. The report concerns Moonshot AI, the company behind Kimi, one of China’s most closely watched AI startups. For now, the latest development is a source-level rebuttal of market speculation, not a company announcement or confirmation of a listing process. National Business Daily https://www.nbd.com.cn/articles/2026-08-03/4530456.html , in Chinese