Moonshot AI’s CEO turned down Apple and built Chinese rival to Anthropic

Yang's journey reflects brain drain that threatens US tech competitiveness Yang Zhilin, who received his doctorate in the U.S., returned to China to cofound Kimi developer Moonshot AI. (Source photos by Reuters) PALO ALTO, California — Chinese startup Moonshot AI's CEO, Yang Zhilin, could have worked at any top tech companies in the U.S. after receiving a PhD from a leading American university. Instead he returned to China to found a company that eventually grew to rival Open AI and Anthropic.

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