Yutao Zhang

Yutao Zhang is a co-founder and CTO of Moonshot AI (月之暗面), the Chinese AI startup behind the Kimi chatbot . He was previously at Recurrent AI (循环智能) alongside founder Yang Zhilin before the two launched Moonshot AI, a move that later drew arbitration from former investors who alleged the founders began fundraising without securing release agreements .

In the Moonshot AI cap table, Zhang sits alongside Yang Zhilin, co-founders Zhou Xinyu and Wu Yuxin, and a little-discussed fifth name speculated to have ties to Yang, according to industry sources who spoke with 暗涌Waves . Zhang's profile rose publicly in late 2024 when Allen Zhu of Jinshajiang Venture Capital explicitly exempted him and the Kimi company from blame in a dispute that instead centered on Zhang Yutong (张予彤), another figure tied to Moonshot's early financing .