Chinese firm Moonshot AI is negotiating revenue-sharing agreements with Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. The discussions focus on dividing revenue generated when customers use the Kimi K3 model on these cloud platforms.
Moonshot released the Kimi K3 model with open weights in July 2026. The model's license requires a commercial agreement for any service provider generating over $20 million in annual revenue.
The K3 model competes directly with leading U.S. AI models on performance and cost-effectiveness. These talks occur amid broader US-China tensions, including U.S. accusations of intellectual property theft against Moonshot. Beijing has denied all allegations of IP theft.