Moonshot Executives in Talks to Settle Dispute With Shareholder Ahead of Planned IPO, Sources Say

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• Executives at Beijing-based AI startup Moonshot, maker of the Kimi chatbot and valued at $30 billion in a June 2026 funding round, are in talks to settle a dispute with shareholder Recurrent.ai ahead of Moonshot's planned Hong Kong IPO, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as reported by Investing.com.
• Recurrent and some investors allege in ongoing Hong Kong arbitration that Moonshot CEO Yang Zhilin and CTO Zhang Yutao founded Moonshot without Recurrent board approval and made misrepresentations to investors; they are seeking compensation equivalent to 10.5% of original shares, which one source said could be worth more than $700 million. Reuters said it could not independently verify the allegations.
• Moonshot's lawyers said in November 2024 the case lacked legal and factual basis; Yang has denied the allegations. One source said the dispute is not expected to derail Moonshot's IPO plans, for which it confidentially filed in September 2026.

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