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Chinese AI Model Developer Kimi Raising Funds Valuing It At $20 Billion Yue Wang, Senior Contributor · Yue Wang, Senior Contributor
Founded by Yang Zhilin, who made the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list in 2021, Kimi’s existing backers include Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Tencent. Its K2.6 model ranks among the world’s top three most popular AI models, according to OpenRouter.
7 May 2026 at 06:35

Chinese AI Model Developer Kimi Raising Funds Valuing It At $20 Billion

By: Yue Wang, Senior Contributor · Yue Wang, Senior Contributor

7 May 2026 at 06:35

Founded by Yang Zhilin, who made the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list in 2021, Kimi’s existing backers include Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Tencent. Its K2.6 model ranks among the world’s top three most popular AI models, according to OpenRouter.