Moonshot AI negotiates US cloud deals with Big Tech

MGR Online•Economy•14h ago

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Chinese AI firm Moonshot AI is negotiating with Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet to offer its Kimi K3 model on their cloud platforms.

•Moonshot AI is seeking to enter the US market via Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud.
•Moonshot AI is requesting a revenue share of up to 30% from services related to the Kimi K3 model.
•The Kimi K3 model is an open-weight model with approximately 2.8 trillion parameters.
•The deal faces obstacles due to US-China technological tensions and potential US trade blacklisting.

•Moonshot AI is negotiating with Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet to make the Kimi K3 AI model available on their cloud platforms.
•Moonshot AI is requesting a revenue share of up to 30% of revenue generated from Kimi K3 services on Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud.
•Kimi K3 is an open-weight model with approximately 2.8 trillion parameters designed for reasoning, programming, knowledge work, and AI Agent tasks.
•Moonshot AI positions Kimi K3 as a high-performance, low-cost alternative to models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.
•Discussions are in the early stages, with pending negotiations on revenue rates, user data access, and token usage monitoring.
•US officials have accused Moonshot AI of using distillation from Anthropic models and questioned the company's access to Nvidia chips.
•The US Treasury Secretary has signaled that Moonshot AI may be added to a US trade restriction list.
•If Moonshot AI is blacklisted, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google may be unable to transact with Moonshot AI without a government license.

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Moonshot AIℹ️

A Chinese artificial intelligence company developing the Kimi K3 model.

Microsoftℹ️

A US cloud service provider and one of the companies Moonshot AI is negotiating with.

Amazon

A US cloud service provider and one of the companies Moonshot AI is negotiating with.

Alphabetℹ️

The parent company of Google Cloud and one of the companies Moonshot AI is negotiating with.

Microsoft Azureℹ️

A cloud platform provided by Microsoft.

Amazon Web Servicesℹ️

A cloud platform also known as AWS.

Google Cloudℹ️

A cloud platform provided by Alphabet.

Reutersℹ️

The news agency reporting on the negotiations.

A provider of AI models competing with the Kimi K3 model.

Anthropicℹ️

An AI model developer whose technology Moonshot AI is accused of using via distillation.

A provider of AI models and cloud services.

A producer of processing chips subject to export controls.

United States(สหรัฐ)ℹ️

The market Moonshot AI is targeting and the location of the cloud providers.

China(จีน)ℹ️

The origin country of Moonshot AI.