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Recently, there is market news thatTencent participated in the $300 million financing of Moonshot AI, a domestic large-scale model unicorn and the developer of Kimi smart assistant, which increased the company's valuation to $3.3 billion.

According to the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily on August 6,A person familiar with the company said that the news of Tencent's participation in the investment is true.Dark Side of the Moon declined to comment on the financing news.

In response to this, Tencent told the reporter from Southern Finance News that it would not comment.

Founded in March 2023, Dark Side of the Moon is a domestic startup dedicated to the field of general artificial intelligence. In October 2023, it launched Kimi, the world's first smart assistant product that supports the input of 200,000 Chinese characters. Previously, Dark Side of the Moon had completed three rounds of financing, with a cumulative amount of over 10 billion yuan.

According to a previous report by 21st Century Business Herald, in May this year, there was market news that Dark Side of the Moon was conducting the latest round of financing with a valuation of US$3 billion, and new investors included Tencent and Gaorong Venture Capital. This means that after investing in MiniMax, Zhipu AI and Baichuan Intelligence, Tencent has once again brought a large model unicorn company into its own camp.