Zhipu accelerates pivot to domestic chips amid AI boom in ChinaChinese AI firm Zhipu AI is boosting its use of local chips amid soaring computing needs. The company reported strong revenue growth for 20...
31 Mar, 2026, 06.31 PM IST
China's Zhipu posts 132% rise in annual revenue on AI boomZhipu AI reported revenue growth of 131.9% for 2025 on Tuesday, in its first results update since raising HK$4.35 billion ($554.9 million) ...
31 Mar, 2026, 05.53 PM IST
A year on from DeepSeek shock, get set for flurry of low-cost Chinese AI modelsOne year after Chinese startup DeepSeek rattled the global tech industry with the release of a low-cost artificial intelligence model, its ...
12 Feb, 2026, 12.33 PM IST
China’s AI reality check: Why tech leaders say beating US AI giants is unlikely anytime soonChina vs US AI race: China's top AI minds are downplaying hopes of surpassing US rivals soon. Executives from Alibaba, Tencent, and Zhipu A...
11 Jan, 2026, 12.37 AM IST
Alibaba launches open-source AI coding model, touted as its most advanced to dateAlibaba has released Qwen3-Coder, its most advanced open-source AI coding model. Designed for high-performance software development, it han...
23 Jul, 2025, 08.22 AM IST
China's Moonshot AI releases open-source model to reclaim market positionThe model, called Kimi K2, features enhanced coding capabilities and excels at general agent tasks and tool integration, allowing it to bre...
12 Jul, 2025, 07.18 AM IST
OpenAI says China's Zhipu AI gaining ground amid Beijing's global AI pushZhipu AI, which is backed by the Chinese Communist Party, aims to "lock Chinese systems and standards into emerging markets before US or Eu...
25 Jun, 2025, 06.44 PM IST
Alibaba, Tencent freeze AI tools during high-stakes China examTo prevent cheating during China's crucial 'gaokao' college entrance exams, popular AI chatbots like Alibaba's Qwen have temporarily disabl...
09 Jun, 2025, 10.24 AM IST
Zhipu AI ramps up overseas expansion strategy ahead of IPOFounded in 2019 as a Tsinghua University spinoff, Zhipu AI has emerged among China's front-runners in the artificial intelligence race, alo...
23 Apr, 2025, 12.10 PM IST
China's Zhipu AI takes initial steps to an IPOZhipu AI, developer of the GLM series of language models, claims its flagship GLM4 model surpasses OpenAI's GPT-4 on several performance be...
15 Apr, 2025, 11.28 AM IST
DeepSeek's disruption triggers AI race in China as Baidu, Tencent, Alibaba ramp up effortsSince its launch in January, DeepSeek’s reasoning model has gained attention for matching the performance of global platforms such as ChatG...
18 Mar, 2025, 01.45 PM IST
China's Baidu releases new AI model to compete with DeepSeekIn a post on WeChat, Baidu announced the launch of its latest X1 reasoning model -- which the company claims performs similarly to DeepSeek...
16 Mar, 2025, 04.38 PM IST
Alibaba becomes China’s new AI darling with $87 billion rallyAlibaba's Hong Kong-listed shares have jumped 46% since reaching a 2025 low on January 13, adding nearly $87 billion to its market value an...
13 Feb, 2025, 08.56 AM IST
ETtech Explainer: How ‘China toys’ are changing the rules of AI gameChina is rapidly releasing AI models, with firms like Moonshot AI and ByteDance surpassing global benchmarks. Despite US chip bans, China l...
13 Feb, 2025, 07.53 AM IST
DeepSeek has rattled the AI industry; a quick look at other Chinese AI modelsChinese AI firm DeepSeek claims its R1 model rivals OpenAI's, despite resource limitations. This sparks concerns about China's AI progress,...
28 Jan, 2025, 06.38 PM IST
Baidu says AI chatbot 'Ernie Bot' has amassed 200 million usersChina's Baidu's Ernie Bot with 200 million users competes with Moonshot AI's Kimi chatbot. Despite approval delays, Kimi gains traction, ch...
16 Apr, 2024, 08.39 AM IST
Alibaba leads record $1 billion investment in Chinese AI firm MoonshotFounded in March 2023, Moonshot AI is among the better-known startups developing generative artificial intelligence in China, hoping to eve...
27 Feb, 2024, 01.09 PM IST