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Industry·3d ago·all news from July 18, 2026

Meet Yang Zhilin, the CEO and founder behind China's buzzy new Kimi K3 AI model

Yang Zhilin has emerged as a prominent figure in China’s technology sector as the founder of Moonshot AI, the startup responsible for the Kimi K3 large language model. The company is currently positioning its AI tools to compete directly with leading international models from developers like OpenAI and Anthropic.

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