Moonshot AI is in negotiations with Microsoft, Amazon, and Google to host its open model Kimi K3 on their clouds, while new subscriptions remain suspended because of GPU shortages.
Moonshot AI released Kimi K3, an open model that outperformed GPT-5.6 Sol and model 5 in some benchmarks. Around the same time, Bloomberg reported that Moonshot AI had contracted with Alibaba to use about 20,000 NVIDIA chips for its Kimi series models. The chips were described as older Hopper architecture, possibly H200, though Alibaba denied supplying H200s.
The company is now negotiating hosting deals with Microsoft, Amazon, and Google to put Kimi K3 on their cloud services. Moonshot AI is asking for up to 30% revenue share. The talks have unresolved issues over revenue sharing, data access, and token auditing.
Moonshot AI has suspended new subscriptions because of GPU shortages, a constraint that hosting deals with major US clouds would ease by expanding access to Kimi K3. The negotiations test how open-model licensing adapts when large providers host the model.
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Chinese AI firm Moonshot AI is negotiating with Microsoft, Amazon, and Google to host its open model Kimi K3 on their cloud services, seeking up to 30% revenue share. The talks face unresolved issues over revenue sharing, data access, and token auditing. Moonshot AI has suspended new subscriptions due to GPU shortages.
Bloomberg reported that Moonshot AI signed a contract with Alibaba to use approximately 20,000 NVIDIA chips for its Kimi series AI models. The chips are reportedly older Hopper architecture, possibly H200, though Alibaba denied supplying H200s. The news follows Kimi K3's release, which scored higher than GPT-5.6 Sol and Claude Fable 5 in some benchmarks.