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Meta AI
The artificial intelligence division of Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook), created to push forward research and products in AI and augmented reality. Originally launched in 2013 as **Facebook AI Research (FAIR)** under Yann LeCun, it has grown into a global network of labs working on areas like self‑supervised learning, computer vision, natural language processing, and generative AI. On the consumer side, Meta AI powers the company’s free, built‑in assistant across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and even Ray‑Ban smart glasses, letting people chat with an AI, generate images, edit content, and get answers without leaving the app. It’s built on Meta’s open‑source **Llama** family of large language models, which developers worldwide can adapt and extend.
Midjourney
Midjourney is a generative AI platform created by the independent research lab Midjourney, Inc., founded by David Holz in 2022. It specializes in turning natural language prompts into highly stylized, artistic images, using a diffusion‑based model trained on vast text‑image datasets. Users interact with it primarily through Discord commands or its web interface, generating multiple image variations that can be upscaled, remixed, or edited in specific regions. Over successive versions, Midjourney has added advanced features like inpainting, zoom‑out composition, mood boards, and improved text rendering, making it a favorite among artists, designers, and creative professionals. Its community‑driven ecosystem encourages sharing, experimentation, and the development of unique visual styles that push the boundaries of AI‑assisted art.
Moonshot AI
Moonshot AI is a Chinese artificial intelligence company founded in March 2023 by Yang Zhilin, Zhou Xinyu, and Wu Yuxin, headquartered in Beijing. Its name, “ Moonshot,” comes from Yang’s favorite album, *The Dark Side of the Moon*, and reflects its ambition to pursue bold, high‑impact AI goals. The company focuses on building large language models and has set three milestones toward artificial general intelligence: extremely long context handling, a multimodal world model, and a scalable architecture that can continuously improve without human input. Its flagship product is **Kimi**, a chatbot capable of processing very long conversations and performing deep reasoning, with newer versions like Kimi K2 using advanced mixture‑of‑experts designs. Backed by major investors such as Alibaba and Tencent, Moonshot AI has quickly become one of China’s most prominent “AI Tiger” companies.