Zhipu AI
{{Short description|Chinese artificial intelligence company}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Beijing Zhipu Huazhang Technology
| native_name = 北京智谱华章科技有限公司
| logo = Zhipu AI.png
| logo_upright = 1.1
| type = Private
| foundation = {{start date and age|2019}}
| location = Beijing, China
| founders = {{Unbulleted list
| Tang Jie
| Li Juanzi
}}
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list
| Zhang Peng (CEO)
}}
| owner =
| num_employees = 800 (2024)
| industry = Information technology
| subsid =
| homepage = {{URL|https://zhipuai.cn/}}
| footnotes =
}}
Zhipu AI (智谱AI), formally known as Beijing Zhipu Huazhang Technology,{{Cite web |date=5 June 2024 |title=Tech unicorn Zhipu AI joins China's LLM price war |url=https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3265511/tech-unicorn-zhipu-ai-joins-chinas-llm-price-war-amid-new-funding-round |access-date=24 August 2024 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}} is a Chinese technology company specializing in artificial intelligence. As of 2024, it is one of China's "AI Tiger" companies by investors and considered to be the third largest LLM market player in China's AI industry according to the International Data Corporation.{{Cite web |date=22 August 2024 |title=Baidu, SenseTime lead China's market for business-focused LLMs, says IDC |url=https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3275475/baidu-sensetime-lead-chinas-market-business-focused-large-language-models-says-idc |access-date=24 August 2024 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}
History
The startup company began from Tsinghua University and was spun out as an independent company.{{Cite web |title=China's AI startups race for customers as titans like Alibaba cut prices |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Artificial-intelligence/China-s-AI-startups-race-for-customers-as-titans-like-Alibaba-cut-prices |access-date=24 August 2024 |website=Nikkei Asia |language=en-GB}}
In 2023, it raised 2.5 billion yuan with the help of Alibaba Group Holding and Tencent Holdings.{{Cite web |last=Kharpal |first=Arjun |date=20 October 2023 |title=Alibaba, Tencent among investors in China's rival to OpenAI with $341 million funding |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/20/alibaba-tencent-among-investors-in-zhipu-chinas-openai-rival.html |access-date=24 August 2024 |website=CNBC |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=20 October 2023 |title=Alibaba, Tencent Join Big Backers for Chinese AI Startup Zhipu |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-20/alibaba-tencent-join-big-backers-for-chinese-ai-startup-zhipu |access-date=24 August 2024 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en}} Other investors of the company include Ant Group, Meituan, Xiaomi and HongShan.{{Cite web |date=20 October 2023 |title=Alibaba and Tencent lead US$342 million total investment this year in Zhipu AI |url=https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3238698/alibaba-tencent-and-other-major-chinese-backers-invest-us342-million-start-zhipu-ai-tech-sector-sees |access-date=24 August 2024 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}
In May 2024, Prosperity7 Ventures, LLC, a Saudi Arabian finance firm, funded Zhipu AI US$400 million.{{Cite news |date=31 May 2024 |title=Saudi Fund Joins $400 Million Financing for China AI Firm Zhipu |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-31/saudi-fund-joins-400-million-financing-for-china-ai-firm-zhipu |access-date=24 August 2024 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}
In March 2024, Zhipu AI said that they were developing a Sora-like technology to achieve artificial general intelligence (AGI).{{Cite web |date=16 March 2024 |title=Zhipu AI says it is developing Sora-like technology as a path to AGI |url=https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3255604/chinas-zhipu-ai-says-it-developing-sora-technology-path-artificial-general-intelligence |access-date=24 August 2024 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}} In July 2024, they debuted their "Ying" text-to-video model.{{Cite web |date=27 July 2024 |title=Zhipu AI launches video model as more Chinese tech firms take on OpenAI's Sora |url=https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3272135/zhipu-ai-launches-video-model-sign-more-chinese-tech-firms-are-taking-openais-sora |access-date=24 August 2024 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}
After OpenAI announced an API block for their services in some areas beginning in July 2024, Zhipu AI have announced a "Special Migration Program" for OpenAI API users.{{Cite web |date=25 June 2024 |title=Chinese AI firms woo OpenAI users as U.S. company plans API restrictions |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/25/chinese-ai-firms-woo-openai-users-amid-plans-for-api-restrictions.html |access-date=24 August 2024 |website=CNBC |language=en}}
In October 2024, Zhipu AI released GLM-4.0, an open-source end-to-end speech large language model. The model can replicate human-like interactions and has the capability to adjust its tone, emotion, or dialect based from user's preference.{{Cite web |last=Razzaq |first=Asif |date=2024-10-25 |title=Zhipu AI Releases GLM-4-Voice: A New Open-Source End-to-End Speech Large Language Model |url=https://www.marktechpost.com/2024/10/25/zhipu-ai-releases-glm-4-voice-a-new-open-source-end-to-end-speech-large-language-model/?amp |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=MarkTechPost |language=en-US}}
Products and services
=ChatGLM=
ChatGLM is a series of pre-trained dialogue models jointly released by Zhipu AI and Tsinghua KEG in 2023. According to NVIDIA, their open-source ChatGLM3-6B in the ChatGLM 3.0 series described it as having "smooth dialogue and easy deployment" compared to the first two generations.{{Cite web |title=ChatGLM — NVIDIA NeMo Framework User Guide latest documentation |url=https://docs.nvidia.com/nemo-framework/user-guide/latest/llms/chatglm/index.html |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=docs.nvidia.com}}
=Ying=
=AutoGLM=
Released in October 2024, AutoGLM is an AI agent application that uses voice commands to complete tasks within a smartphone. The app can analyze complex tasks such as ordering an item from a nearby store and repeating an order based from the user's shopping history. The app was made as a rival to Apple's on-device AI system, Apple Intelligence.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-30 |title=China’s Zhipu AI says its app can operate your smartphone for you |url=https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3284343/chinas-zhipu-ai-says-its-app-can-operate-your-smartphone-you |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}
The AI tool runs on a series of AI models and chatbots, such as their ChatGLM chatbot, to process the required actions.
See also
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