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Zhipu AI is a AI infra company, based in Beijing, China, founded 2019. Total funding $558M (Hong Kong IPO) (As of Jan 8, 2026).
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1 event · sources dated per row| Date | Event | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 2026 | IPO | $558M | — | CNBC |
Latest Pulse
- Jul 12, 2026Goldman Names Its Preferred Chinese AI ModelsGoldman Sachs research named Zhipu, DeepSeek and ByteDance its preferred Chinese AI models, ranked ahead of Alibaba and Tencent on speed-to-market, and recommended rotating out of Korean AI stocks into a long China AI basket.→
- Jul 6, 2026Tencent's Open Hy3 Model Beats GLM-5.2 at Half the SizeTencent released Hy3, an Apache-licensed open-weight model roughly half the parameter count of Zhipu's GLM-5.2, claiming wins across most benchmark categories except coding tasks -- intensifying the open-model race among Chinese AI labs.→
- Jun 16, 2026GLM-5.2 Becomes the Leading Open-Weights Model on Artificial AnalysisGLM-5.2 took the top spot among open-weights models on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, narrowing the gap to the closed frontier labs. For builders, a state-of-the-art model you can self-host is the strongest hedge yet against the regulatory and vendor risk that just took down Fable 5.→
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Goldman Names Its Preferred Chinese AI Models
Goldman Sachs research named Zhipu, DeepSeek and ByteDance its preferred Chinese AI models, ranked ahead of Alibaba and Tencent on speed-to-market, and recommended rotating out of Korean AI stocks into a long China AI basket.
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Tencent's Open Hy3 Model Beats GLM-5.2 at Half the Size
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Tencent's Open Hy3 Model Beats GLM-5.2 at Half the Size
Tencent released Hy3, an Apache-licensed open-weight model roughly half the parameter count of Zhipu's GLM-5.2, claiming wins across most benchmark categories except coding tasks -- intensifying the open-model race among Chinese AI labs.
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GLM-5.2 Becomes the Leading Open-Weights Model on Artificial Analysis
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GLM-5.2 Becomes the Leading Open-Weights Model on Artificial Analysis
GLM-5.2 took the top spot among open-weights models on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, narrowing the gap to the closed frontier labs. For builders, a state-of-the-art model you can self-host is the strongest hedge yet against the regulatory and vendor risk that just took down Fable 5.
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