The lab behind Kimi wants to double its sales again by December.
Bloomberg reported on 11 September that Moonshot aims for 2 billion dollars of annualised revenue by year end. That is double the rate it gave investors in August, after its July model lifted sales sharply. Moonshot still sits far behind Anthropic, which reports 65 billion dollars a year.
Why it mattersMoonshot gives its biggest model away to download, yet sells enough access to double its income. If that keeps working, free models keep pushing down what anyone can charge.
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