Monolith Management added Moonshot AI and DeepSeek to its AI portfolio, backed by a 1.5 billion yuan commitment from Zhihu.

The entities involved

• Moonshot AI →

  Chinese multinational artificial intelligence company

  • Shaires Holdings Ltd is building indirect stakes and committing funds to several AI companies, including Moonshot AI, Anthropic, and ByteDance.Mon 10:27
  • Moonshot AI and DeepSeek distilled Claude's capabilities, and a PLA user submitted surveillance material to the model.Tue 20:49
• DeepSeek →

  Chinese artificial intelligence company

  • Trump's administration imposed export restrictions on China while Chinese AI firms like Alibaba and DeepSeek continue to develop competing models.Sun 10:58
  • DeepSeek and Google are competing in the AI race, which is framed by US-China tech rivalry and high-level political figures.Sun 10:44

Related events

• China is leveraging domestic resources and imposing restrictions on foreign expansion to support its in-house AI development.Jul 27
• Moonshot AI is a Beijing-based company.Sep 10
• High-Flyer provided early funding and computing power to DeepSeek and secured allocations in Unitree's IPO, amid a push for domestic tech listings.Aug 28