# Moonshot AI Deploys 20,000 Nvidia Chips via Alibaba Cloud

Moonshot AI, a Chinese AI startup, has built a large computing cluster powered by 20,000 Nvidia chips, reportedly sourced through Alibaba’s cloud division. The cluster boosts Moonshot's capacity to train large language models, signaling continued access to high-end AI hardware despite export restrictions. This development highlights the scale of China's AI infrastructure spending.

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- [Hacker News](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-31/moonshot-s-kimi-built-on-20-000-nvidia-chip-cluster-from-alibaba) — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:24:03 +0000