Beijing lab behind Kimi, backed by Alibaba and Tencent (~$3.3B valuation at its 2024 raise). Its open-weight Kimi K2 line targets agentic workloads; the segment the Big 9 are building their practices on.
Investment figures are declared/announced amounts. OpenAI's $122B includes conditional and vendor-linked components (~$37B immediate cash). Valuations are post-money where reported. Key claims externally validated June to September 2026 (TechCrunch, Bloomberg, CNBC, Fortune, PR Newswire, firm newsrooms). Relationship years are first-public-announcement years; long-tail partnerships without a public record carry era estimates (flagged yearEstimated). Rumored or unclosed rounds are excluded.
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