# Zhipu AI

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/zhipu-ai

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Beijing, China
- Website: www.zhipuai.cn
- Total disclosed funding: $428M
- Latest round: Series D (Dec 17, 2024)
- Investors on record: 10

## About

Based in China, Zhipu AI operates as an AI knowledge intelligence technology developer dedicated to the development of Chinese cognitive big model platform.

Based in Beijing, China and founded in 2019, Knowledge Atlas Technology Joint Stock Company Limited, trading under the name Zhipu AI, provides cognitive big model platforms for the Information technology industry. The company was established as a spinoff from the Knowledge Engineering Group (KEG) at Tsinghua University to develop fullstack autonomous AI technologies. The firm currently provides its flagship GLM-4 series models to over 2.7 million customers and developers, serving industries including civil governance and consumer electronics. In January 2026, the company was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the ticker "2513".

The company works with developers and enterprises to provide the General Language Model series, including the flagship GLM-4.7. These models integrate reasoning, coding and agent capabilities natively, supporting complex tasks and achieving compatibility with over 40 types of domestic chips. The company also offers the CogVLM multimodal model and coding assistants, which are accessible via paid API subscriptions and open-source channels.

The company’s revenue is generated by API subscription fees paid by developers for model access, with paid API revenue reportedly exceeding the sum of other domestic models. It also generates income through enterprise software solutions and model deployments for B2B clients.

Zhipu AI plans to utilize capital from its recent listing to sustain high intensity research and development.

## Funding rounds

- Series D, Dec 17, 2024, $412M — Legend Capital
- Series B, Sep 19, 2023 — Tencent Investment, Ant Group
- Series B, Sep 26, 2022 — Legend Capital, Qiming Venture Partners
- Series A, Sep 14, 2021, $16M — Fortune Capital, T-Capital, Jiangmen Capital, Turing Capital, Beijing Rongpin Investment Management, Luster LightTech Group Co., Ltd.

## Investors

- Fortune Capital — Series A
- T-Capital — Series A
- Jiangmen Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/jiangmen-capital) — Series A
- Turing Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/turing-capital) — Series A
- Beijing Rongpin Investment Management — Series A
- Luster LightTech Group Co., Ltd. — Series A
- Legend Capital — Series B, Series D
- Qiming Venture Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/qiming-venture-partners) — Series B
- Tencent Investment — Series B
- Ant Group (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/ant-group) — Series B