Moonshot AI Seeks Nvidia Blackwell Chips for New Model as US Export Rules Tighten
TLDR
- Moonshot AI is in talks to develop Kimi K4, a larger follow-up to its K3 model
- K3 was trained using Nvidia Blackwell chips, including advanced GB300 versions banned from export to China
- A White House official claims K3 was trained at a data center in Thailand; one source says it was partly trained in China
- Moonshot AI is also accused of distilling Anthropic’s Fable model to help build K3
- The company is considering raising funds at a $50 billion valuation ahead of a public listing
Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI is planning a new, larger model called Kimi K4, according to a report from The Information. The company would need more Nvidia chips to train it — chips that US rules say Chinese firms cannot have.
MOONSHOT SEEKS MORE $NVDA BLACKWELL CHIPS FOR LARGER KIMI K4
The Information reports Moonshot AI is discussing Kimi K4, which would be significantly larger than its 2.8 trillion-parameter Kimi K3, for which they are seeking access to more Nvidia Blackwell GPUs despite U.S.… pic.twitter.com/XA6mQYcy4M
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