The Dark Side of the Moon launches a $50 billion Pre-IPO round of financing, with the quota "suddenly in short supply" after K3 is released

According to exclusive reports from the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily, Moonshot AI's G round (Pre-IPO) financing has officially started, with this round's valuation reaching $50 billion. Insiders revealed that the financing amount became "suddenly tight" after the release of the K3 model, and multiple institutions have registered their investment intentions. Participants must complete their payments by August 15, and if they want to directly enter the shareholder register, their management scale must exceed $500 million. The company's previous F round financing (valuation of $35 billion) was just completed last week, raising a total of $3.5 billion. In April of this year, the company's valuation was approximately $18 billion, nearly tripling within three months.

Sources say that the core driver behind this round's valuation surge is the release of the K3 model. On July 27, Moonshot AI officially open-sourced the complete model weights of Kimi K3, becoming the world's first large model with 30 trillion parameters to be implemented. Currently, the company's API revenue accounts for more than 70% of total revenue, with ARR achieving several times growth after the K3 release. In response to recent reports stating "the IPO application will be submitted to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as early as this month," insiders stated that "the information is inaccurate, and the G round financing is still ongoing." As of the time of publication, Moonshot AI has not responded to this news.