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AI Startup’s $500m Overnight Boom Sparks FURY Over “Delusional” Tech Bubble

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Pictured here is Moonshot AI’s Kimi chatbot displayed on a smartphone.

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FORGET GPT. In a SHOCKING escalation of the global AI arms race, an Alibaba-backed Chinese AI firm, Moonshot AI, has just seen its valuation EXPLODE to a STAGGERING $4.8 billion. This is not just a funding round; it’s a DECLARATION OF WAR on the West’s technological dominance, funded by Chinese tech giants and fueled by a government-enforced information blockade. As U.S. chatbots like ChatGPT remain BANNED in mainland China, Beijing is pouring BILLIONS into its homegrown alternatives, creating a parallel, state-sanctioned digital reality.

The INSIDERS reveal this HALF-A-BILLION-DOLLAR spike happened in mere WEEKS, with a frenzy of investor demand set to push valuations even HIGHER. This is a gold rush with a geopolitical edge. Rivals Zhipu and MiniMax are already public behemoths worth over $13 BILLION, proving the communist party’s plan is WORKING: lock out American innovation, and crown your own champions.

This funding surge exposes a HARSH truth. While Washington debates regulations, Beijing is ACTING, building an impervious AI fortress. The anonymous sources whispering about Moonshot’s impending IPO are not just discussing finance; they are revealing the blueprint for a splintered digital future. The next generation of intelligence is being born in a censorious echo chamber, and Western capital, via backers like Alibaba and Tencent, is HELPING PAY FOR IT.

As Silicon Valley sleeps, China is quietly rewriting the rules of reality itself, one heavily subsidized chatbot at a time.



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