Zhipu - About the company
Zhipu is a public company based in Haidian (China), founded in 2021 by Tang Jie and Li Juanzi. It operates as an AI powered code generation tool for developers. Zhipu has raised $1.4B in funding from investors like Tencent, Alibaba Group and Meituan. The company has 172 active competitors, including 50 funded and 5 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like OpenAI, Mistral AI and Anthropic.
Sectors and market segments that Zhipu operate in
Zhipu serves in the High Tech, Native AI market segments.The primary business model of Zhipu are:Company Details
AI powered code generation tool for developers. It provides solutions for model research and application development. It generates code based on functions described in natural language comments. It includes a translation feature that supports the translation of multiple programming language.
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2021
Location
Haidian, China
Stage
Public
Total Funding
$1.4B in 13 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
11th among 172 active competitors
Investment & Acquisitions
Exit Details
Public
Zhipu's IPO details
Zhipu got listed on Jan 08, 2026.
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Zhipu's funding and investors
Zhipu has raised a total funding of $1.4B over 13 rounds. Its first funding round was on Sep 2022. Zhipu has 14 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Zhipu:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Jul 20, 2026 | $4B | Post IPO | - | - | - | - |
Apr 16, 2025 | $27.4M | Series D | - | - | - | |
Mar 13, 2025 | $69M | Series D | $2.74B | - | - |
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Zhipu's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of Zhipu's key team members:
- Tang Jie: Co Founder of Zhipu. Contact Info: 1 email address
- Li Juanzi: Co Founder of Zhipu. Contact Info: 1 email address
- Zhang Peng: CEO of Zhipu.
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Zhipu's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Zhipu include OpenAI, Mistral AI and Anthropic. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Zhipu, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st |  OpenAI 2015, San Francisco (United States), Series F | Artificial intelligence research and development platform offering advanced language models | $180B | 89/100 | |
2nd | Mistral AI 2023, Paris (France), Series C | Provider of customizable, open-source artificial intelligence models and solutions for various applications | $3.05B | 83/100 | |
3rd | Anthropic 2021, San Francisco (United States), Series H | Provider of AI safety and research company | $132B | 83/100 | |
4th | Developer of enterprise AI platform and multilingual language and retrieval models | $1.54B | 78/100 | ||
5th | Provider of AI research laboratory services | $379M | 71/100 | ||
6th | Provider of AI cloud infrastructure, foundational models, and applications | $74.9M | 68/100 | ||
7th | Open source based AI assistant for enterprises | $4.4B | 67/100 | ||
8th | Aleph Alpha 2019, Heidelberg (Germany), Acquired | Provider of an AI-enabled text and image analytics platform | $533M | 66/100 | |
9th | Platform offering AI focused writing and reading assistants | $636M | 66/100 | ||
10th | ReflectionAI 2024, Brooklyn (United States), Series B | Developer of autonomous coding systems | $2.13B | 66/100 | |
11th | AI powered code generation tool for developers | $1.4B | 66/100 |
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Zhipu's Investments and acquisitions
Zhipu has made 8 investments in companies including Beijing Xingyun Integrated Circuit and SiliconFlow. Zhipu has also acquired 2 companies including Zhongke Jiahe and Lingxin Intelligent Technology.Here is the list of investments & acquisitions:Filter this list
Filter this listDate of Investment/Acquisition | Type | Company Name | Founded Year | Location |
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Jul 17, 2026 | Acquisition | 2023 | - | |
Nov 20, 2024 | Investments | 2023 | Haidian (China) | |
Jul 04, 2024 | Investments | 2023 | Singapore (Singapore) |
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News related to Zhipu
Filter this listMedia has covered Zhipu for a total of 46 events in the last 1 year, 21 of them have been about company updates.
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China's Zhipu AI Launches GLM-5.2, Open LLM Outperforming Google's ModelsTrending Topics•Jun 18, 2026•Zhipu
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Zhipu AI Launches GLM-5.1 High-Speed API: 400 Tokens/s Sets New Global BenchmarkPandaily•May 22, 2026•Zhipu
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