Moonshot AI in Talks With Microsoft, Amazon, Google to Host K3 Model

The IPO-bound startup is seeking up to a 30% share of revenue generated from K3-related services on Microsoft's Azure, Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the talks are private. That would be in line with terms Moonshot has outlined for major customers using the open-weight model.

The negotiations come despite U.S. national security concerns that have led to bans on exports of AI chips to China and criticism of Moonshot from senior U.S. officials. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said last month he might add the company to a trade blacklist. U.S. officials have also accused the Beijing-based firm of stealing from Anthropic's most sophisticated model, Fable, to help create Kimi K3, and of illegally acquiring Nvidia chips.