China's Moonshot AI Reportedly Outperforms GPT-5 and Claude Sonnet 4.5

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup, Moonshot, has garnered global attention after its Kimi K2 Thinking model reportedly surpassed the performance of OpenAI's GPT-5 and Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.5 across multiple benchmarks. This achievement has reignited discussions on whether U.S. AI dominance is being challenged by cost-efficient Chinese innovation.

Beijing-based Moonshot AI is currently valued at US$3.3 billion and is backed by […]. The Kimi K2 Thinking model's reported performance highlights rapid advancements in the global AI landscape.