Moonshot AI expands to Singapore and starts hiring

China’s Moonshot AI plans to operate in Singapore, and it has started posting jobs aimed at seasoned applicants. For a company that is only a few years old, that is a notable move. Moonshot is trying to turn a string of headline-grabbing model releases into a business that earns money beyond its home market. What Moonshot is hiring for The clearest signal came through LinkedIn. On October 20, 2026, Moonshot AI posted a Singapore-based sales role. The listing is open to candidates with backgrounds in sales, venture capital, consulting, product development, or engineering. The stated goal is to convert early wins into scalable revenue and meaningful partnerships. Singapore is not a brand-new address for the company either. Moonshot incorporated a Singapore entity in July 2023. That entity was renamed Novascent in June 2026. The model doing the talking Moonshot’s expansion follows the July 2026 launch of Kimi K3, its newest model. Kimi K3 is described as the largest open-weight AI system in the world, with 2.8 trillion parameters. Kimi K3’s performance is described as competing closely with offerings from Anthropic, one of the best-known names among US AI developers. For a startup fou...