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Kingsoft Cloud announced that its StarStream training and inference platform has fully integrated with Zhipu's GLM series inference models, becoming one of the first platforms to integrate this series. This move marks Kingsoft Cloud's further expansion in the AI field, providing users with more efficient, intelligent, and cost-effective model services.

Beijing's Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund has announced an additional investment of 200 million RMB in Zhipu (Z.ai), building on its previous investment, to support the development of Zhipu's open-source models and the construction of its open-source community ecosystem. Zhipu is the first AI large language model company invested in by the fund and is currently the fastest-growing company. Zhipu has comprehensive accumulation in model capabilities including text, reasoning, speech, image, video, and code, a well-established commercial layout, and a developer community and enterprise user base exceeding one million.

The Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund recently announced an additional investment of 200 million RMB in Beijing Zhipu AI Technology Co., Ltd. (Zhipu). According to the fund, Zhipu is the first AI large language model company invested in since the fund's establishment and is one of the fastest-growing companies in the field. Zhipu has accumulated deep expertise in model development across text, reasoning, speech, image, video, and code, and boasts a robust commercialization strategy, having established a developer community and enterprise user base exceeding one million. This investment aims to further support Zhipu's growth and development.

Recently, Beijing Zhipu Huazhang Technology Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Zhipu AI") submitted its initial public offering (IPO) guidance registration to the Beijing Securities Regulatory Bureau, becoming the first "Big Six Tiger" large model company to launch an IPO. If all goes well, Zhipu AI is expected to become the first large model company listed on the Chinese A-share market. Founded in 2019, Zhipu AI originated from the technology transfer of Tsinghua University's Computer Science Department. Since its establishment, the company has rapidly developed based on its strong technological capabilities and team background.

Zhipu AI's technology team has announced the open-sourcing of its 32B and 9B GLM (General Language Model) model series, and the official launch of its new interactive platform, Z.ai. This model series includes base models, inference models, and contemplative models, all under a permissive MIT license. This grants developers extensive freedom for use and development, allowing free use for commercial purposes and free distribution.

Zhipu AI today launched its latest Agent product, AutoGLM-Thinking, at the 2025 Zhongguancun Forum. This is the industry's first Agent product to integrate deep research capabilities with operational capabilities, its key feature being the ability to think and act concurrently. AutoGLM-Thinking breaks the limitations of traditional AI models, capable of simultaneously performing complex reasoning and executing actions. It can, like a human, open and browse web pages, completing entire tasks from data retrieval and analysis to report generation, achieving a tight integration of thought and action. Zhipu AI stated...

Against the backdrop of the continuously expanding artificial intelligence field, Beijing Zhipu AI Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Zhipu") recently received a 500 million RMB strategic investment from Zhuhai Huafa Group. This financing marks Zhipu's second funding round within a month. Notably, Zhipu secured 1 billion RMB in investment from Hangzhou state-owned assets and other institutions in early March. This series of capital injections will empower Zhipu to drive innovation and ecological development of its core technology – the GLM foundational large model. On March 13th, Zhuhai Huafa Group and Zhipu signed a cooperation agreement, and both parties...

Tianyancha App shows that Beijing Silicon-based Liquid Technology Co., Ltd. recently underwent a major business change. In this change, Beijing Zhipu AI Technology Co., Ltd. withdrew from the shareholder ranks, while four new investors were added: Meituan's Tianjin SanKuai Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing Xinglian Dingsen Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership), Nanjing LvYong Jinhao Equity Investment Management Partnership (Limited Partnership), and SME Development Fund PwC (Hangzhou) Venture Capital Partnership (Limited Partnership). After this round of financing, the registered capital of Silicon-based Liquid increased from approximately RMB 13.758 million...

Zhipu has released CogView4, a groundbreaking open-source image generation model that excels at understanding and responding to Chinese prompts. Users can now generate images using Chinese characters and phrases, marking a significant advancement in multilingual AI image generation.

This funding will primarily be used to drive technological innovation and ecosystem development of the domestically produced GLM large model. As one of the earliest AI companies in China to open-source large models, Zhipu has been committed to promoting the widespread application of AI technology. This funding will allow Zhipu to increase investment in technological R&D and ecosystem construction to better serve the booming economy of Zhejiang Province and the Yangtze River Delta region.

On February 19, Beijing Zhipu Huazhang Technology Co., Ltd. announced that its multimodal creation platform 'Qingying' has formed a strategic partnership with the AI character creation platform 'NianTa'. Together, they will explore a complete path from AI character design to animation creation, and promote the technological realization of IP consistency. This collaboration aims to deeply explore the needs of secondary dimension users and AI application scenarios, providing users with higher quality generation effects and faster inference speeds.

On February 11, 2025, Beijing Zhipu Tech announced that its developed Agentic GLM has fully launched on Samsung's latest Galaxy S25 series smartphones. This collaboration marks the official market release of the world's first smartphone that supports multimodal AI interactions, providing users with an unprecedented intelligent experience. Zhipu Tech began research on Agentic intelligence agents in April 2023 and launched its first Agent product, AutoGLM, in October 2024, being the first to propose Phone.

According to 'Intelligent Emergence', former Midjourney Asia Vice President Wang Yueting has joined Zhipu, primarily responsible for multimodal products and marketing. Meanwhile, Zhipu's Chief Strategy Officer Zhang Kuo and Vice President Qu Teng recently left the company. As of the time of publication, Zhipu has not responded to this development. The new head of multimodal products and marketing, Wang Yueting, previously served as Vice President of Midjourney, a prominent AIGC company, overseeing operations in China. Her joining Zhipu is seen as a significant strategic adjustment for the company in terms of products and marketing.