ModelBest's Pinea Pi desktop edge AI node will launch via Kickstarter from late September through late October, with early-bird prices of $1,999 for Lite and $2,999 for Pro, pairing local MiniCPM mode…
Chinese AI start-up ModelBest has begun its pre-IPO tutoring process, hiring Citic Securities to guide preparations for a mainland China listing, with a mandatory tutoring period of at least three mon…
Chinese AI start-up ModelBest has initiated its pre-IPO tutoring process for a mainland China listing, hiring Citic Securities to guide the preparation, according to a filing with China's securities r…
An 18-year-old Shanghai teenager, Ma Kai, created an AI-powered app using the MiniCPM large language model from Beijing-based ModelBest to remind his grandfather to take daily medication, earning wide…
Chinese AI startups are pivoting to lightweight models designed to run on smartphones and laptops, betting on faster processing, data privacy and lower costs. Beijing-based ModelBest raised over 5 bil…
ModelBest and Tsinghua University released MiniCPM-5, a 1-billion-parameter on-device AI model with a 128K context window and native tool-use capabilities, designed for agentic workflows on phones and…