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  "id": 3602425,
  "title": "China's Moonshot In Talks With Microsoft, Amazon, Google Over K3 Revenue Sharing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/chinas-moonshot-in-talks-with-microsoft-amazon-google-over-k3-revenue-3602425",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-26T22:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Slashdot",
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    "url": "https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/26/2042210/chinas-moonshot-in-talks-with-microsoft-amazon-google-over-k3-revenue-sharing"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "China's AI startup, Moonshot, is in talks with Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet's Google to share revenue from its K3 model, according to multiple sources familiar with the negotiations. The potential deals would make Moonshot the first major Chinese AI firm to partner with a significant U.S. cloud provider, despite concerns over national security. The talks come amid criticism from U.S. officials over alleged intellectual property theft and unauthorized acquisition of Nvidia chips. Moonshot is reportedly seeking a 30% revenue share from K3-related services on Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud, similar to terms previously offered to large clients using the open-weight model.",
  "summary": "Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Reuters: China's Moonshot AI is negotiating revenue-sharing agreements with Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet's Google, that would allow the U.S. cloud giants to host its blockbuster Kimi K3 model, three people familiar with the talks said. Any deal could mark the first big revenue-sharing pact between a Chinese AI firm and a major U.S. cloud…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
        "title": "China's Moonshot in talks with Microsoft, Amazon, Google over K3 revenue sharing, sources say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/chinas-moonshot-in-talks-with-microsoft-amazon-google-over-k3-revenue",
        "published": "2026-08-26T08:37:55.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Tech in Asia",
        "title": "Moonshot AI explores K3 deals with Microsoft, Amazon, Google",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/moonshot-ai-explores-k3-deals-with-microsoft-amazon-google",
        "published": "2026-08-26T09:46:10.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Sources: Moonshot AI is in early talks over revenue-sharing agreements with Microsoft, Amazon, and Google to host Kimi K3, and is seeking up to a 30% share (Reuters)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/sources-moonshot-ai-is-in-early-talks-over-revenue-sharing-agreements",
        "published": "2026-08-26T10:05:14.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "China's Moonshot in talks with Microsoft, Amazon, Google over K3 revenue sharing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/chinas-moonshot-in-talks-with-microsoft-amazon-google-over-k3-revenue-3493257",
        "published": "2026-08-26T10:35:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "China's Moonshot AI is seeking a revenue cut from Microsoft, Amazon, and Google",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/chinas-moonshot-ai-is-seeking-a-revenue-cut-from-microsoft-amazon-and",
        "published": "2026-08-26T12:20:32.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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