Beijing Zhipu Huazhang Technology Co., Ltd.
北京智谱华章科技有限公司
Large Language Models (LLM), Multimodal AI, Knowledge Graphs|Room 101, 1st Floor, Building 1, No. 1, Zhongguancun East Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China
Certifications
- High-Tech Enterprise Certification
- Compliance with China's Generative AI Service Management Measures (First batch of approvals)
Main Products & Services
A leading Chinese generative AI unicorn and 'AI Tiger' company, often referred to as 'China's OpenAI,' and the first major Chinese LLM company to go public (HKEX: 02513).
Core Products
- GLM Series (GLM-4, GLM-4-Plus, GLM-5.2, GLM-130B)
- ChatGLM / Zhipu Qingyan (AI Assistant)
- CodeGeeX (AI Coding Assistant)
- CogView & CogVLM (Multimodal Image/Video Generation)
- AutoGLM (Autonomous AI Agent)
- BigModel.ai (MaaS Open Platform)
Service Areas
- Model as a Service (MaaS)
- Enterprise AI Solutions
- Model Fine-tuning and Private Deployment
- Scientific Intelligence (AMiner)
Features bilingual (Chinese/English) optimization, high-efficiency training architectures (GLM), open-source accessibility (MIT License for many models), and advanced agentic capabilities for autonomous task execution.
Company Information
- Location
- Beijing, China (Headquarters: 10th Floor, Building 9, No. 1 Zhongguancun East Road, Haidian District; New HQ: Diamond Building, Zhongguancun Software Park)
- Established
- 2019
- Registered Capital
- 46,562,309 RMB
- Business Scope
- Artificial intelligence basic software development; AI application software development; Data processing and storage support services; Information technology consulting.
- Production Capacity
- Software-based AI model provider with massive computing clusters for training and inference; MaaS platform serving over 700,000 developers.
- Financial Overview
- Valuation approximately 40 billion RMB; Listed on HKEX (02513.HK) in Jan 2026; Raised over 3 billion RMB from state-backed funds and major tech firms.
Rooted in academic excellence ('Tsinghua DNA'); emphasizes 'AGI for everyone' and the 'Coffee Spirit' of long-term stable output.
Major Projects & Clients
Notable Projects
- GLM-130B Open Source Project
- AMiner (Scientific Intelligence & Research Database)
- Z-Foundation (300M RMB fund for global AI open-source community)
- Development of the 'Wudao 2.0' trillion-parameter model (historical academic roots)
Key Clients
- Alibaba
- Tencent
- Huawei
- Meituan
- Xiaomi
- China Association for Science and Technology
- Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission
Industry Applications
- Software Development
- Scientific Research
- Finance and Banking
- Education
- Government and Public Services
Team & R&D
Team size: 800+ employees (as of 2024)
R&D capabilities: Deeply rooted in Tsinghua University's Knowledge Engineering Group (KEG); possesses full-stack R&D capabilities from base model architecture to application layers.
Technical expertise: Large Language Model (LLM) TrainingKnowledge Graph ConstructionMultimodal LearningAutonomous AI Agents
Management
- Tang Jie (Founder & Scientific Advisor, Tsinghua University Professor)
- Zhang Peng (CEO, Tsinghua PhD)
- Liu De-bing (Chairman)
- Wang Shao-lan (President)
Overseas Layout
Sales Offices
- Hong Kong, China: International listing entity (Z.AI Co., Ltd., HKEX: 02513) and gateway for global capital markets.
Investment Companies
- Prosperity7 Ventures (Aramco Ventures) — Saudi Arabia: Sole foreign minority investor, participated in a $400 million funding round in 2024.
Global strategy: Branded internationally as 'Z.ai'; focuses on global open-source community leadership through the Z-Foundation and competing with Silicon Valley giants like OpenAI and Google.
Overseas revenue: Information not found (monetization described as being in early stages)