Moonshot AI's Founder Turned Down Apple to Build China's Anthropic
pstAsiatech · x · 2026-08-12
Nikkei Asia reviewed the background and entrepreneurial journey of Yang Zhilin, founder of Moonshot AI. The article notes that about seven years ago, an Apple executive reporting directly to Tim Cook contacted Ruslan Salakhutdinov to invite Yang to join Apple, an offer Yang declined. He subsequently founded Moonshot AI, aiming to build it into a leading Chinese AI company comparable to Anthropic.
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