A freelance developer tested four Chinese AI models—DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, and GLM—for a client dashboard requiring text summarization, aiming to reduce API costs. DeepSeek V4 Flash emerged as the top …
DeepSeek, the Hangzhou-based AI model developer, has started groundwork for an initial public offering on a mainland Chinese exchange and could submit its listing application as soon as this year, tar…
DeepSeek is planning a new funding round at a $71 billion valuation just weeks after closing its first $7 billion round at a $52 billion valuation, according to the Financial Times. The Chinese AI lab…
An indie hacker spent a month testing Chinese AI APIs from DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, and GLM, finding that DeepSeek V4 Flash offers 95% of GPT-4o quality at 2.5% of the price. The developer recommends Dee…
Two Chinese AI labs, Yoolee and InfiX.ai, said they aim to challenge US start-up Thinking Machines Lab by focusing on industry-specific AI solutions, reduced costs and enhanced privacy. Yoolee AI, fou…
Zhipu AI's open-weight GLM 5.2 model matches or outperforms closed models 10 to 20 times larger on function calling and structured design benchmarks, signaling a shift in the viability of smaller open…
Chinese AI firm Zhipu AI (Knowledge Atlas Technology) closed nearly flat at HK$1,645 on Monday, defying a broad market rout that saw rival MiniMax tumble nearly 20%, after co-founder Tang Jie pledged …
Zhipu AI founder Tang Jie announced a 'Touch High' plan in an internal letter, prioritizing AGI research over short-term commercialization, with four technical focuses: long-horizon tasks, autonomous …
Chinese AI company Zhipu AI, developer of the GLM-5.2 model, closed nearly flat on Monday at HK$1,645, defying a broad slump that saw rival MiniMax fall almost 20%, after pledging to prioritize advanc…
Z.ai released GLM-5.2, a 753B-parameter open-weight model under MIT license, which beats GPT-5.5 on SWE-bench Pro (62.1% vs. 58.6%) and costs roughly one-sixth the output token price. The model uses a…
Chinese users praise OpenAI's GPT-5.6 for its efficiency despite higher costs than local rivals, accessing the blocked service via VPNs. The launch introduces three models—Sol, Terra, and Luna—with Te…
Chinese AI models from Zhipu AI and DeepSeek are gaining developer share in the United States due to lower costs, with OpenRouter data showing Chinese model token consumption above 20% weekly share si…
Zhipu AI raised $4 billion in a Hong Kong placement, but the new shares represent only a 4.2% increase in total capital and most remain locked up, limiting the impact on free float. The Beijing-based …
Zhipu AI's GLM-5.2 open-weight model outperformed DeepSeek V4 Pro and Kimi K-2.6 in enterprise agentic development trials, but its limited hosting options—only available through small US, Chinese, and…
Chinese AI company Zhipu AI raised $4.01 billion through a Hong Kong share placement to fund foundation-model research and development, compute capacity, and expansion, intensifying competition with O…
The US-China AI competition is shifting to a contest over electricity output and cost as AI models become commoditized, with service prices driven by energy expenses. China's renewable energy advantag…
Chinese technology companies have raised $17.38 billion through IPOs and secondary share sales in Hong Kong so far in 2026, driven by surging investor demand for artificial intelligence, semiconductor…
Databricks tested Zhipu AI's open-weight model GLM-5.2 in July 2026 and found it matches Claude Opus 4.8 on enterprise coding quality while costing 34% less per task. The model scored 62.1% on SWE-ben…
Chinese AI labs, including DeepSeek and Zhipu AI, are developing custom chips to reduce long-term operating costs and improve hardware-software synergy, but the strategy carries significant risk due t…
Chinese AI firm Zhipu AI and chipmaker Iluvatar CoreX Semiconductor saw their shares surge after launching secondary placements to raise HK$31.4 billion and HK$7.1 billion, respectively, for hardware …