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China’s Moonshot AI to operate in Singapore, jobs post shows

By Thomson Reuters Oct 21, 2026 | 12:15 AM

SINGAPORE, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Chinese AI startup Moonshot is expanding into Singapore, with ​a new sales role ‌listed on the company’s LinkedIn page this week.

• The job posting, dated Tuesday, seeks applicants who ‌have ​sales, venture capital, ⁠consulting, product or ⁠engineering experience who can “translate early wins into scalable revenue, strategic partnerships, and market presence”

• ​Moonshot released its Kimi K3 model in July, which ⁠it said ⁠is the world’s largest ​open-weight AI system and delivers performance ​approaching that of Anthropic’s models

• ‌Beijing-based Moonshot did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday ⁠on its Singapore plans

• Moonshot AI has a business entity which was ⁠incorporated ‌in Singapore in July ⁠2023, before it ​was ‌renamed to Novascent in ​June 2026, ⁠business registry records show

• Moonshot’s backers include Tencent Holdings, Meituan and China Mobile

(Reporting by Jun Yuan Yong; Editing by ​Martin Petty)