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Zhipu AI’s stock rockets after Chinese firm makes GLM-5.2 open source

Shares of Zhipu AI surged up to 48% on Monday after the Chinese firm announced it would open-source its latest large language model, GLM-5.2, later this week. The move aims to attract users seeking cheaper alternatives to rising prices from US rivals like Anthropic, with the new GLM Coding Plan priced at a tenth of Anthropic's premium tiers.

read1 min publishedJun 15, 2026

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Shares of Beijing-based

artificial intelligencepioneerZhipu AIsoared on Monday after it unveiled plans to make GLM-5.2, its latest and most powerful large language model, available on an open-source basis later this week.The Hong Kong-listed stock surged as much as 48 per cent to HK$1,620 in morning trading, before retreating to HK$1,404 at the noon break.

Trading as Knowledge Atlas Technology, the high-flying generative AI specialist has seen its

stock price risemore than 780 per cent since its blockbusterinitial public offeringin early January.Advertisement

Zhipu AI announced on Saturday the full release of GLM-5.2, featuring a massive 1-million-token context window.

The launch underscores a trend of Chinese players seeking to capture users displaced by higher-priced Western alternatives.

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Users can access the model through the new GLM Coding Plan subscription, which is priced at just a tenth as much as Anthropic’s premium Claude Code and Claude Max tiers.

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