Zhipu AI — Cyborg Score 7/10

Strong
Artificial Intelligence / Large Language Models

Strategic Profile

Zhipu AI is recognized as the largest independent large model manufacturer in China with a diversified AI product portfolio. The company provides Ying, a text-to-video model capable of generating short video clips from text or images, and AutoGLM, a voice-driven AI agent that performs smartphone tasks based on complex user instructions.

Cyborg Score Rationale

As of June 15, 2026, Zhipu has a market capitalization of $60.4B and trailing twelve month revenue of $101M. The company's top competitors include OpenAI, Mistral AI and Anthropic, positioning it in a highly competitive but strategically important market.

Top Insights

  • Z.ai successfully listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on January 8, 2026, becoming the world's first listed large language model company
  • Zhipu has raised a total of $1.4B across 12 funding rounds, with the latest funding of $27.4M on April 16, 2025
  • Top investors include Alibaba Group, Tencent and 12 others
  • The company focuses on developing foundational AI models and tools for language, voice, and multimedia tasks

Named Competitors

  • GPT — Leading generative AI and large language models
  • Claude — Constitutional AI and safety-focused language models
  • Mistral — Open-source large language models and AI infrastructure
  • Baichuan AI — Chinese large language model developer

Recent Developments

  • (January 2026) Listed on Hong Kong Stock Exchange, becoming world's first listed large language model company
  • (April 2025) Raised $27.4M in Series D funding round
  • (March 2026) Launched GLM-5-Turbo model

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