AI in China

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Top China AI startups

Zhipu AI

CN · est. 2019

Chinese foundation model lab behind ChatGLM and GLM-4.

$1.4B · 60

Moonshot AI

CN · est. 2023

Maker of Kimi — the long-context AI chatbot.

$1.3B · 63

01.AI

CN · est. 2023

Founded by Kai-Fu Lee — maker of the Yi model family.

$1B · 64

MiniMax

CN · est. 2021

Chinese AI lab behind Hailuo video and Talkie companions.

$600M · 59

DeepSeek

CN · est. 2023

Open-weights frontier AI models with breakthrough efficiency.

· 38

Recent funding in China

Date	Startup	Round	Amount
Feb 18, 2025	Moonshot AI	Series B	$300M
Dec 16, 2024	Zhipu AI	Series D	$400M
Mar 5, 2024	MiniMax	Series B	$600M
Nov 5, 2023	01.AI	Series A	$200M

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01.AI

CN · est. 2023

Founded by Kai-Fu Lee — maker of the Yi model family.

$1B · 64

Moonshot AI

CN · est. 2023

Maker of Kimi — the long-context AI chatbot.

$1.3B · 63

Zhipu AI

CN · est. 2019

Chinese foundation model lab behind ChatGLM and GLM-4.

$1.4B · 60

MiniMax

CN · est. 2021

Chinese AI lab behind Hailuo video and Talkie companions.

$600M · 59

DeepSeek

CN · est. 2023

Open-weights frontier AI models with breakthrough efficiency.

· 38

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