How popular is Moonshot AI among developers?

Moonshot AI has 48 PyPI downloads per month for the moonshotai package, 10.5K GitHub stars, ranked #49 on the AI-Buzz Developer Momentum Index. Metrics are updated daily from npm, PyPI, and GitHub.

What is Moonshot AI's developer sentiment?

Moonshot AI has a negative developer sentiment on Hacker News, with 0% positive mentions across 10 analyzed comments (moderate confidence). Sentiment is derived from AI-Buzz's automated analysis of Hacker News discussions.

How much funding has Moonshot AI raised?

Moonshot AI has raised $1.1B across 2 funding rounds. The most recent was a Series B.

What is Moonshot AI's Developer Momentum Index score?

Moonshot AI has a Developer Momentum Index (DMI) score of 17/100, ranking it #49 among all AI companies tracked by AI-Buzz. The DMI is a composite score combining developer adoption (package downloads), community signals (Hacker News mentions and sentiment), GitHub activity, and search demand.

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Data confidence: High

Chinese AI lab behind Kimi, a long-context language model assistant

DMI: 17#49 of 262 (Top 19%)HN 30d: 10

10,470 · 790 forks

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Moonshot AI has a Developer Momentum Index of 17, ranking #49 of 262 companies. Key metrics include 48 monthly package downloads, 10.5K GitHub stars, $1.1B in total funding.

Developer Adoption

Package downloads and ecosystem metrics, 30-day window

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PyPI Downloads (30d)

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PyPI Download Trend

90-day trend↓ -4.0%

PyPI Downloads declined from 50 to 48 (-4.0%) over the last 90 days.

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Date	pypi downloads
Mar 4, 2026	50
Mar 5, 2026	48

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Developer Community Metrics

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Metrics computed from HN discussion, GitHub activity, and funding data.

HN Discussion Rank#19 in Foundation Models by HN mentions (out of 33 tracked)

Funding Trajectory2 rounds in 8 months, ($60M → $1.0B)

Community Sentiment0% positive HN sentiment (10 comments) • Moderate confidence

Category Benchmark

33 Foundation Models companies

48 downloads/mo<1% of median

0Median: 1.4M2.7M+

30-Day Trends

PyPI Downloads

90-day trend↓ -4.0%

PyPI Downloads declined from 50 to 48 (-4.0%) over the last 90 days.

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Date	pypi downloads
Mar 5, 2026	50
Mar 6, 2026	48

GitHub Stars

90-day trend

GitHub Stars grew from 10,452 to 10,470 over the last 90 days.

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Date	github stars
Feb 23, 2026	10,452
Feb 24, 2026	10,455
Feb 25, 2026	10,461
Feb 26, 2026	10,463
Feb 27, 2026	10,467
Feb 28, 2026	10,470

HN Mentions

90-day trend↑ +66.7%

HN Mentions grew from 6 to 10 (+66.7%) over the last 90 days.

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Date	hn mentions
Jan 6, 2026	6
Jan 29, 2026	10
Jan 30, 2026	10
Jan 31, 2026	9
Feb 1, 2026	9
Feb 2, 2026	9
Feb 3, 2026	10
Feb 4, 2026	10
Feb 5, 2026	10

Funding Rounds

Series B$1.0B

2024 · Tencent, Alibaba

Seed$60M

2023 · HongShan

Investors

Alibaba HongShan Tencent

Cite This Data

According to AI-Buzz, Moonshot AI has 48 PyPI downloads in 30 days, ranks #19 in Foundation Models for HN discussion share (out of 33 tracked with 0.2% of HN discussion), with 0% positive developer sentiment (10 HN comments analyzed).

Source: https://www.ai-buzz.com/companies/moonshot-ai?utm_source=citation&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cite_this_data

Metrics derived from public APIs (HN Algolia, GitHub, npm/PyPI). Sentiment classified by AI. See methodology for details →

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About

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Chinese AI lab behind Kimi, a long-context language model assistant

Estimated Company Size

100 - 250 employees

Website

moonshot.cn

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Founded

2023

Developer Signals

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Community engagement metrics that indicate developer traction and interest.

Hacker News Mentions(30 days)

Mentions in HN discussions. Source: Hacker News Algolia API.

10current

↓0.6x category median

90-day trend↑ +900.0%

HN Mentions grew from 1 to 10 (+900.0%) over the last 90 days.

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Date	hn mentions
May 6, 2025	1
Jul 5, 2025	8
Aug 4, 2025	4
Oct 3, 2025	7
Nov 2, 2025	4
Dec 2, 2025	2
Jan 1, 2026	6
Jan 31, 2026	10

Community Sentiment(10 comments analyzed)Moderate confidence

Sentiment analysis of Hacker News comments only. Does not include Reddit, Discord, or other platforms.

0% positive

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GitHub Stars(total)

Total stars indicate project popularity and developer adoption.

10,470current

→1.1x category median

90-day trend

GitHub Stars grew from 10,455 to 10,470 over the last 90 days.

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Date	github stars
Feb 20, 2026	10,455
Feb 27, 2026	10,470

GitHub Forks

Forks indicate active developer engagement and contribution interest.

790

Hugging Face Downloads(total)

Model downloads from Hugging Face indicate ML/AI model adoption and research impact.

2,989,429across 16 models

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Jan 1, 2026•ai-buzz.com

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