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Top China AI startups
Zhipu AI
Founded 2019 · Beijing
Chinese foundation model lab behind ChatGLM and GLM-4.
Moonshot AI
Founded 2023 · Beijing
Maker of Kimi — the long-context AI chatbot.
01.AI
Founded 2023 · Beijing
Founded by Kai-Fu Lee — maker of the Yi model family.
MiniMax
Founded 2021 · Shanghai
Chinese AI lab behind Hailuo video and Talkie companions.
DeepSeek
Founded 2023 · Hangzhou
Open-weights frontier AI models with breakthrough efficiency.
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 |
All startups in China
DeepSeek
Founded 2023 · Hangzhou
Open-weights frontier AI models with breakthrough efficiency.
Moonshot AI
Founded 2023 · Beijing
Maker of Kimi — the long-context AI chatbot.
Zhipu AI
Founded 2019 · Beijing
Chinese foundation model lab behind ChatGLM and GLM-4.
MiniMax
Founded 2021 · Shanghai
Chinese AI lab behind Hailuo video and Talkie companions.
01.AI
Founded 2023 · Beijing
Founded by Kai-Fu Lee — maker of the Yi model family.
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