Recently, it was reported that Tencent participated in the financing of $300 million in the dark side of the domestic artificial intelligence unicorn and Kimi intelligent assistant development company. In response, the dark side of the moon responded: "No comment on the financing news. ”

It is reported that the dark side of the moon was established in April 2023 and the founder is Yang Zhilin. In October 2023, the company officially launched moonshot, the first large model that supports the input of 200,000 Chinese characters, and Kimi Chat, a smart assistant product equipped with this model. Users can upload documents in various formats such as TXT, PDF, and Word, and Kimi can read and understand the content of the documents, and then provide relevant answers and information. According to public data, the number of visits to the web version of Kimi intelligent assistant in April was 20.04 million, ranking first among similar products in China. The number of APP users reached 5.897 million, and the monthly active users of WeChat mini programs exceeded 911,000.

Previously, the dark side of the moon has completed multiple rounds of financing. In June last year, it received 2 billion yuan in angel round financing from Sequoia China, Zhen Fund, Today Capital, etc. In July of the same year, it completed the A1 round of financing led by Meituan Dragon Ball. In February this year, it received a US$1 billion A+ round of financing with the participation of Sequoia China, Alibaba, Meituan, Xiaohongshu and other investment institutions, with a valuation of about US$2.5 billion, making it the "unicorn" with the highest valuation on the domestic large-scale model track. In May, it was revealed that it had carried out Series B financing with the participation of Tencent, Gaorong Venture Capital, etc., and the valuation after financing will reach about $3 billion.

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