Chinese large model player Zhipu AI raises $420m 中国大模型公司智谱AI融资4.2亿美元

Zhipu AI, a leading Chinese large model player, announced on Tuesday that it has secured 3 billion yuan ($420 million) in its latest fundraising, marking a significant vote of confidence from investors in Chinese large models amid intensifying global AI race.
中国领先的大模型公司智谱AI，周二宣布在最新一轮融资中获得30亿人民币（4.2亿美元）的融资，这标志着在全球人工智能激烈竞争的情况下，投资者对中国大模型投下的重要的信任票。

The new funding moved Zhipu AI's valuation to over 20 billion yuan, positioning it among the most highly-valued AI startups in China.
这轮新融资使智谱AI估值超过200亿人民币，使它成为中国最高估值的AI初创公司之一。

According to the company, the latest fundraising has attracted several strategic and State-backed investors, while existing shareholders, including Legend Capital, increased their stakes.
据智谱表示，最新一轮融资吸引了好几家战略性和国家支持的投资者，而包括联想资本在内股东们则增持了股份。

The funds will be used to accelerate the development of its GLM large model series, enhancing capabilities from basic question-answering to complex reasoning and multimodal tasks, the company said.
该公司表示，融资资金将用于推进GLM大模型系列的研发，增强从基础问答到复杂推理和多模态任务的能力。

The Beijing-based company also disclosed that its revenue has more than doubled this year so far compared to 2023, fueled by rising demand for its Model-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform bigmodel.cn.
这家总部位于北京的公司，透露其今年截至目前的收益，相比2023年已经翻了一番，这主要得益于它的 MaaS平台服务需求的增长。

Despite a mid-year price war that saw intense competition in China's AI sector, Zhipu's API revenue soared over 30-fold year-over-year, while daily token consumption jumped 150-fold. Its MaaS platform has already attracted 700,000 enterprise and developer users, it added.
尽管年中的价格战体现了中国AI行业激烈的竞争，智谱API的收益同比还是激增了30倍，同时日token消费也跳涨150倍。该公司补充道，它的MaaS平台服务已经吸引了70万企业和开发者用户。