According to Zhitong Finance APP, Kingsoft Cloud (03896) saw its afternoon gains expand by over 21%, with a cumulative increase of over 80% this month. As of the time of writing, it is up 19.19%, trading at HKD 10.62, with a transaction volume of HKD 2.166 billion. In terms of news, Kingsoft Cloud announced that its multimodal data management platform KDX has completed the privatization deployment and adaptation of the DeepSeek-R1 distilled model, enabling a comprehensive upgrade of the platform's built-in model capabilities. Coupled with the dual drive of "Data for AI" and "AI for Data," KDX will leverage three major AI intelligent assistants to help clients achieve efficiency leaps across the entire data production, management, and application chain. Citi published a research report stating that breakthroughs in DeepSeek will help accelerate the creation of AI applications in China and drive demand for cloud computing. Among them, cloud service providers may be the best AI companies in China. Citi believes that, given Kingsoft Cloud's strategic partnership with Xiaomi and Kingsoft Software, the company is well-positioned to benefit from the AI boom. The firm has significantly raised Kingsoft Cloud's U.S. stock target price from $5.50 to $20.50, maintaining an "Outperform" rating