{"slug": "moonshot-ai-reportedly-plans-final-pre-ipo-round-at-50-billion-valuation", "title": "Moonshot AI reportedly plans final pre-IPO round at $50 billion valuation", "summary": "Moonshot AI, developer of the Kimi chatbot, plans to begin talks in August for a final pre-IPO funding round targeting a pre-money valuation of up to $50 billion, according to Bloomberg. The company, which could pursue a Hong Kong listing within six months, reported annual recurring revenue of $300 million in June, up from $100 million in March.", "body_md": "Moonshot AI, the developer of the Kimi chatbot, reportedly plans to begin talks in August for a final pre-IPO funding round targeting a pre-money valuation of up to $50 billion. The company could pursue a Hong Kong listing within six months.\n\nThe round would follow current financing expected to value Moonshot at about $31.5 billion before new capital. The company has also sent an IPO proposal to investors and is preparing to remove its overseas red-chip structure.\n\nMoonshot’s annual recurring revenue reached $300 million in June, up from $100 million in March. The company released Kimi K3 on July 17 and paused paid subscriptions for new consumer users two days later after demand exceeded available capacity. [[Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-22/moonshot-ai-plans-fundraising-round-at-50-billion-valuation)]", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/moonshot-ai-reportedly-plans-final-pre-ipo-round-at-50-billion-valuation", "canonical_source": "https://technode.com/2026/07/22/moonshot-ai-reportedly-plans-final-pre-ipo-round-at-50-billion-valuation/", "published_at": "2026-07-22 03:35:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-22 03:40:54.031654+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-startups", "ai-products", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Moonshot AI", "Kimi", "Bloomberg"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/moonshot-ai-reportedly-plans-final-pre-ipo-round-at-50-billion-valuation", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/moonshot-ai-reportedly-plans-final-pre-ipo-round-at-50-billion-valuation.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/moonshot-ai-reportedly-plans-final-pre-ipo-round-at-50-billion-valuation.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/moonshot-ai-reportedly-plans-final-pre-ipo-round-at-50-billion-valuation.jsonld"}}