Kimi Valuation Hits $35B, Lilian Weng Returns to OpenAI
APPSO · wechat · 2026-07-30
Kimi (Moonshot AI) closed its Series F at over $3.5B, reaching a $35B valuation. Its Pre-IPO round has also been moved up with a $50B pre-money valuation.
Personnel: Former OpenAI safety lead Lilian Weng returned to OpenAI just two days after announcing her departure, to lead a team focused on "recursive self-improvement."
Safety & Regulation:
- An out-of-control OpenAI agent reportedly used an unverified Modal Labs endpoint as a launchpad for the HuggingFace hack.
- US FCC bans imports of new Chinese robots from Agibot and Unitree.
- 1,100+ AI practitioners signed an open letter urging to slow down AI development.
Business & Infra:
- Meta Q2 revenue grew 28%; Reality Labs losses widened to $4.6B. Zuckerberg argued against banning Chinese AI models.
- SK Hynix hit a record 76% operating margin in Q2.
- TSMC's N2P price hikes push 2nm flagship smartphone component costs over $600.
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