Moonshot AI Founder Yang Zhilin: China's "Millennial Genius

Yang Zhilin, the 34-year-old founder of China's AI startup Moonshot AI, is going viral on Chinese social media. Fans are calling him a "millennial genius" after his new Kimi K3 model made waves globally. The hashtag "Post-90s Tsinghua University genius crashed US stocks" was a top trend on Weibo, viewed 32 million times in 24 hours. Users are praising Yang for challenging Silicon Valley's AI dominance. One user from Beijing said a "post-90s Tsinghua entrepreneur has unveiled a cutting-edge open-source model, directly shaking Wall Street." Another from Zhejiang called him a "top student from Tsinghua University." Tsinghua University is a leading institution, ranked among the top 10 globally for Data Science and AI. Yang's virality follows the launch of Kimi K3, which aims to rival models from Anthropic and OpenAI. The model's release led to a sell-off in some US tech stocks. Moonshot AI even paused new subscriptions due to high demand. Industry leaders, including Vercel's CEO, have noted Kimi K3's capabilities. Even Elon Musk commented, suggesting his Grok model might exceed Kimi, to which Kimi replied, "Welcome to the 2 Trillion+ Club." This shows how rapidly the global AI landscape is evolving.