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Unitree Robotics
Unitree’s stock slump since IPO stokes fears of a bubble in Chinese humanoid robotics
FundingUnitree Robotics
South China Morning Post
Gates pitches US-China AI cooperation ahead of Xi meeting
South China Morning Post
DeepSeek
DeepSeek Builds Its War Chest
DeepSeek
WSJ
Zhipu AI (Z.ai)
Zhipu AI shares jump as viral Ox Alpha model revealed as GLM-5.3-Flash on Chinese chips
PolicyZhipu AI (Z.ai)
South China Morning Post
Zhipu AI (Z.ai)
Zhipu’s viral Ox Alpha AI model runs entirely on Chinese chips
PolicyZhipu AI (Z.ai)
South China Morning Post
China’s Spirit AI bets on smarter robot brains
Bloomberg
DeepSeek
AI Startup DeepSeek Poised to Reach $74 Billion Valuation
FundingDeepSeek
WSJ
Chip sell-off helps boost China’s private funds as US$83.3b is pulled out of mutual funds
Funding
South China Morning Post
Zhipu AI (Z.ai)
Z.ai shares surge 8% after releasing new AI model running only on Chinese chips
PolicyZhipu AI (Z.ai)
CNBC
AUG 26, 2026 11 stories
Nvidia Steps Back Into China Market With First H200 Chip Sales
Policy
Bloomberg
Bill Gates warns of AI’s impact, urges the US and China to cooperate
South China Morning Post
As the US and China compete over AI, Asean must secure strategic autonomy
South China Morning Post
Alibaba
Alibaba's Qwen launches Qwen3.8-Flash AI model with lower training costs
ModelAlibaba
Reuters
MiniMax
Chinese AI Firm MiniMax’s ARR Jumps to $800 Million
FundingMiniMax
The Information
Alibaba
Alibaba Releases Smaller, Cost-Effective Qwen AI Model
ModelAlibaba
Bloomberg
MiniMax
MiniMax revenue more than triples but remains behind pace to meet forecast
MiniMax
South China Morning Post
MiniMax
China's MiniMax sees revenue nearly quadruple in first half as AI demand surges
MiniMax
Reuters
MiniMax
MiniMax Sales Nearly Quadruple in Crowded Race for China AI Lead
MiniMax
Bloomberg
China Built the Exam Before the Robots
Hello China Tech
DeepSeek
China’s Z.AI Made Ox Alpha Stealth Model That Rivals DeepSeek
ModelDeepSeek
Bloomberg
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CX
CXMT
PUBLIC — 688825.SS HEFEI EST. 2016 19,298 STAFF
ChangXin Memory Technologies (长鑫存储) is China's largest DRAM manufacturer. It designs and produces DDR5, LPDDR5X, DDR4, and LPDDR4X memory, and is developing high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for AI accelerators. CXMT listed on Shanghai's STAR Market on July 27, 2026 — the largest-ever STAR Market IPO, raising ¥57.92B (~$8.6B) at ¥8.66/share. Shares surged as much as ~500% on debut, briefly making CXMT mainland China's most valuable listed company.
688825.SS Price
¥59.12
Market Cap
~$549.3B USD
688825.SS Price
¥59.12
STAR Market · 2026-08-27
Market Cap
~$549.3B USD
STAR Market · 2026-08-27
IPO Proceeds
~$8.6B
STAR Market, Jul 2026
2016-06-13
Establishment¥10M (~$1M)
Hefei Caiju
2024-06-11
Primary Equity Increase¥10.8B (~$1.6B)val ¥150.8B
Chantou No.1Guangzhou KejiICBC Fin. Inv.BOC AssetBOCOMCCB Inv.GigaDeviceChangxin IntegratedABC Inv.Hezhuang GaoxinCNBM New Materials FundChantou Gaochengzhang
2025-06-27
Primary Equity Increase¥6.37B (~$937M)val ¥158.3B
Alibaba CloudXingqi DaoheGuangzhou Xinde
2026-07-27
IPO¥57.92B (~$8.5B)val ¥579.2B
Public offering (SSE STAR Market688825)
↗ Source: Press Reports
CXMT
China’s next mega chip listing could break CXMT’s market records
PolicyCXMT
South China Morning Post
CXMT
CXMT, AI Hardware Firms Take Helm as China Earnings Enter Peak
CXMT
Bloomberg
CXMT
CXMT Rival YMTC Moves Closer to China’s Next Marquee Chip IPO
FundingCXMT
Bloomberg
Unitree Robotics
Investment World 24h | Yushu Technology will ring the bell tomorrow; Changxin surges, Tencent makes a profit of 50 billion; Alibaba sells Lingxi Interactive Entertainment
Unitree Robotics
投资界
CXMT
CXMT tops 4 trillion yuan as AI-fuelled memory rally lifts China’s chip champion
PolicyCXMT
South China Morning Post
CXMT
CXMT’s Rise to China’s Most Valuable Firm Heralds New Tech Era
CXMT
Bloomberg
DeepSeek
DeepSeek Harness is in public beta, benchmarking Claude Cowork; Changxin Technology’s market value surpasses Tencent; OpenAI’s annualized revenue is expected to double to US$40 billion
DeepSeek
极客公园
CXMT
Morning Post|Revealed that iPhone prices across the board increased by US$100/ChatGPT starts to own your computer history/Changxin Technology’s market value exceeds Tencent
CXMT
爱范儿
CXMT
China’s CSI 300 Set to Lose Appeal Before Adding CXMT, BI Says
ProductCXMT
Bloomberg
CXMT
CXMT Overtakes Tencent to Become Most Valuable Chinese Company
CXMT
Bloomberg
CXMT
Hong Kong Stock Market Benchmark | Changxin’s market value surpasses Tencent’s AI hardware direction and mid-term report opportunities are bright
CXMT
财联社
CXMT
Apple is revealed to be testing Changxin memory chips for use in devices sold in the Chinese market
CXMT
财联社
CXMT
How CXMT’s MSCI China index entry may lure fund inflows, cement its top ranking
FundingCXMT
South China Morning Post
CXMT
Apple starts testing Changxin storage! Baidu and Qianwen also squeezed into Apple's supply chain
CXMT
量子位
Unitree Robotics
Yushu Technology subscribed today, and the winning rate was much lower than that of Changxin Technology; less than 24 hours after it went online, Apple’s official website deleted Alibaba Qianwen documents; Zhong Suisui blasted e-commerce platforms as middlemen: power must be restricted
Unitree Robotics
雷峰网
CXMT
Memory crunch gives China's CXMT a breakthrough moment
A global memory chip shortage driven by AI infrastructure demand is propelling Chinese DRAM maker CXMT into a rare position of strength, Nikkei Asia's Tech Latest podcast reports.
CXMT
Nikkei Asia
CXMT
Apple tests China's CXMT memory chips for iPhones and MacBooks, WSJ reports
PolicyCXMT
Reuters
CXMT
CXMT Corporation
CXMT
Reuters
CXMT
Morning Post | Yu Chengdong: Mobile phones may have to increase in price on a large scale in the future/Changxin Storage refuses Apple’s price reduction/PwC’s professional report was found to be 100% generated by AI
CXMT
爱范儿
Unitree Robotics
Changxin refuses Apple’s price reduction: insists on no lower price than Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix; Musk’s personal wealth has lost two “Huang Renxun”; Yushu is about to be listed, and Wang Xingxing’s net worth is about to exceed 10 billion
Unitree Robotics
雷峰网
CXMT
CXMT Narrows Gap With SK Hynix and Samsung in Smartphone Memory
CXMT
Bloomberg
CXMT
Changxin Technology's equity investment company increased capital to approximately 6.13 billion
CXMT
36氪
CXMT
HP, Asus and Acer begin using CXMT chips amid memory shortage
PolicyCXMT
Nikkei Asia
CXMT
Changxin Storage increases capital to approximately 31.39 billion
CXMT
36氪
CXMT
EXCLUSIVE: CXMT plans second chip plant in Beijing and is in talks on its funding, sources say
FundingCXMT
Reuters
DeepSeek
🗞️CXMT Soars 472% in Record Shanghai IPO, Kimi K3's Open Weights, and DeepSeek's Viral Investor Notes
FundingDeepSeek
Recode China AI
CXMT
CXMT’s $1 Trillion Target Gap Flags High Stakes in Chip Battle
PolicyCXMT
Bloomberg
CXMT
China factories cool, CXMT surges, PLA marks anniversary
CXMT
South China Morning Post
CXMT
Will Apple tap China's CXMT and YMTC as memory costs rise?
ProductCXMT
CNBC
CXMT
Elite company: the listed firms that were China’s most valuable before CXMT
CXMT
South China Morning Post
CXMT
CXMT's blockbuster debut in Shanghai sets stage for next test against global memory giants
CXMT
CNBC
CXMT
Changxin Technology’s market value exceeds 4 trillion
CXMT
36氪
CXMT
The CXMT shock: how China’s viable alternatives punch Nvidia, Micron, SK Hynix shares
PolicyCXMT
South China Morning Post
CXMT
CXMT’s 466% Debut on a 6.73% Float
CXMT
Hello China Tech
CXMT
CXMT is a 'long-term play', company will be 'much bigger' in two years: Analyst
CXMT
CNBC
CXMT
BYD Li Yunfei: The 50 million yuan investment in Changxin Technology was a company act, and Chairman Wang Chuanfu had no personal external investment.
CXMT
36氪
Moonshot AI
8:01 Krypton | South Korea is considering capping "borrowing money to speculate in stocks" at 20%; Lei Jun's new Changxin Technology has a floating profit of 700 million? Xiaomi executives respond; Dark Side of the Moon Kimi K3 is officially open source
Moonshot AI
36氪
CXMT
Zhu Yiming distributed 30 billion to Changxin employees
CXMT
投资界
Alibaba
From CXMT to Zhipu AI, Alibaba’s strategic investments are paying off
FundingAlibaba
South China Morning Post
CXMT
CXMT Executive in Line for 47,000% Gain After Blockbuster IPO
FundingCXMT
Bloomberg
CXMT
Changxin Storage, which surged after its listing, directly crashed the U.S. stock market
CXMT
极客公园
CXMT
Investment World 24h | Last night, US stocks and storage collectively fell sharply; Changxin rang the bell, Hefei State-owned Assets made back 1 trillion; Weng Li announced his resignation
CXMT
投资界
Moonshot AI
Changxin Technology has made wealth in batches: 12 core members have a net worth of over 100 million, but Country Garden has sold out and lost 49 billion; the power outage and lockout of the Hello tram while riding caused a tenth-level disability to the doctor; The Dark Side of the Moon open-sourced the Kimi K3 model
Moonshot AI
雷峰网
Xiaomi
Morning Post | Lei Jun explains why Xiaomi Pengcheng does not have a pure electric version/Tencent QQ Pet officially announces its return/Revelation that Samsung mobile phones plan to use Changxin memory
Xiaomi
爱范儿
CXMT
The total floating profit of Changxin's public offering exceeds 50 billion yuan, and institutions are optimistic about the recovery of the technology sector
CXMT
36氪
CXMT
8:01 Krypton丨Li Bin appeared at the Changxin Technology Appreciation Dinner; Luckin defeated "Thailand Luckin" and received nearly 20 million in compensation; the Macau government released the latest test results of the Meisujiale milk powder lead exceedance standard incident
CXMT
36氪
CXMT
CXMT’s roaring IPO isn’t the bubble signal it might appear
FundingCXMT
Financial Times
CXMT
CXMT Founder Zhu Yiming Pledges $5.6 Billion in Worker Bonuses After China IPO
FundingCXMT
Bloomberg
CXMT
Chinese chip champion CXMT soars more than 400% in market debut
PolicyCXMT
Financial Times
CXMT
China memory chipmaker CXMT’s shares soar in a blockbuster share listing in Shanghai
PolicyCXMT
AP News
CXMT
Chipmaker CXMT vaults to top of China's valuation with 466% surge in Shanghai debut
FundingCXMT
Reuters
CXMT
How the 'twin stars' of China, CXMT and YMTC, changed the chip game
PolicyCXMT
Reuters
CXMT
Chipmaker CXMT becomes mainland China's most valuable listed firm
PolicyCXMT
BBC
CXMT
China’s CXMT soars 466% on debut to become most valuable mainland-listed firm
CXMT
South China Morning Post
CXMT
Watch How CXMT Became China's Memory Chip Champion
PolicyCXMT
Bloomberg
CXMT
China Chipmaker CXMT Jumps 466% in Debut After Blockbuster IPO
FundingCXMT
Bloomberg
CXMT
Chinese chipmaker CXMT soars in Shanghai debut
PolicyCXMT
CNBC
CXMT
CXMT’s blockbuster IPO delivers windfall for its home city
FundingCXMT
Financial Times
CXMT
CXMT projected to further soar as it narrows gap with Samsung, Micron, SK Hynix
CXMT
South China Morning Post
CXMT
CXMT Can Rally More Than 1,200% on Market Share Win, Nomura Says
CXMT
Bloomberg
CXMT
Half a day after Changxin Technology went public, 7 executives were promoted to "1 billion net worth"
CXMT
36氪
CXMT
N Changxin’s increase expanded to 500%
CXMT
36氪
CXMT
China memory chipmaker CXMT skyrockets 470% in Shanghai debut
PolicyCXMT
CNBC
CXMT
Chinese chipmaker CXMT soars almost 500% in market debut
PolicyCXMT
Financial Times
CXMT
Changxin surged 450%, and Hefei’s state-owned assets earned back 1 trillion
CXMT
投资界
Unitree Robotics
Changxin Technology is listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board today! Employees: It has nothing to do with us, they are more concerned about future salary and benefits; Japan surrendered after dismantling Yushu Robot; Huang Renxun and Musk spoke on the same day about China's AI
Unitree Robotics
雷峰网
Unitree Robotics
8:01 Krypton | Ctrip was fined 5.179 billion yuan for abusing its market dominance; Changxin Technology went public today; Japanese technicians dismantled the Yushu robot: it will not be able to catch up with China in the short term
Unitree Robotics
36氪
CXMT
Chipmaker CXMT’s 466% market debut surge makes it the most valuable China-listed company
PolicyCXMT
CNBC
CXMT
What is CXMT and how did it become China's DRAM champion?
CXMT
Reuters
CXMT
It is reported online that a brokerage company has issued an internal document to prevent speculation about Changxin Technology’s listing. Several brokerage branches said they have not received similar notices.
CXMT
36氪
CXMT
Changxin Technology: The company’s shares will be listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange’s Science and Technology Innovation Board on July 27, 2026
CXMT
36氪
CXMT
Chipmaker CXMT debut spotlights China's state-funded path to tech power
FundingCXMT
Reuters
CXMT
It is reported online that actor Huang Xiaoming spent 100 million to invest in Changxin Technology and the floating profit exceeded 10 billion. People familiar with the matter: False news and repeated names.
CXMT
36氪
CXMT
Changxin Technology: Online investors gave up subscribing for 6.5863 million shares
CXMT
36氪
CXMT
CITIC Securities: Enthusiasm for the theme of AI downstream, Changxin industrial chain, securities firms, and pharmaceutical biology is expected to heat up
CXMT
36氪
CXMT
Five financial institutions received approximately 39 million from Changxin Technology
CXMT
36氪
CXMT
Understand the 10 core beneficiary companies of the "Changxin Storage" industry chain
CXMT
投资界
CXMT
8:01 Krypton丨Changxin Technology’s winning numbers are released: a total of about 7.7022 million; Spain defeated Argentina 1-0 and won the World Cup; Dark Side of the Moon is expected to be listed in Hong Kong as soon as 6 months
CXMT
36氪
CXMT
Public funds are optimistic about Changxin Technology's listing, saying it is a "must buy" if the valuation is reasonable
CXMT
36氪
CXMT
Changxin Technology’s winning numbers are released: a total of approximately 7.7022 million
CXMT
36氪
CXMT
Investment World 24h | Liang Wenfeng, new Changxin; Buffett: US stocks have become casinos; Visual China has become an LP
CXMT
投资界
CXMT
8:1 Krypton丨The preliminary winning rate of Changxin Technology’s online issuance is 0.40995452%; Trump’s face will be printed on coins with a face value of US$1; many NFC fresh juice production workshops were exposed to have no fruit
CXMT
36氪
CXMT
Changxin Technology: The initial winning rate for online issuance is 0.40995452%
CXMT
36氪
CXMT
Liang Wenfeng, beat the new Changxin
CXMT
投资界
DeepSeek
Investment World 24h | Changxin Technology may earn up to 30,000 yuan in one lottery; DeepSeek is preparing to go public next year; Hefei Industrial Investment has established a 5 billion new domain fund
DeepSeek
投资界
CXMT
Will refinancing be initiated after listing? Changxin Technology responded
CXMT
36氪
CXMT
Changxin Technology: There is uncertainty about the demand for DRAM market due to the development of AI, and investors need to pay attention to the risk of industry fluctuations
CXMT
36氪
CXMT
Changxin Technology: After listing, it will still maintain a control structure without actual controllers
CXMT
36氪
CXMT
China’s CXMT valued at US$85 billion in record Shanghai IPO
FundingCXMT
South China Morning Post
CXMT
CXMT, China’s Chip Champion, to Raise Billions in Race for A.I. Control
FundingCXMT
The New York Times
CXMT
外国人疯抢长鑫存储,已炒高到5倍市值
CXMT
36Kr
CXMT
NIO strategic investment in Changxin Technology: Both parties will build a stable and mutually trusting strategic supply relationship
CXMT
36氪
CXMT
Changxin Technology’s registered capital increased by more than 6,000 times in 10 years
CXMT
36氪
DeepSeek
Investment World 24h | It is revealed that DeepSeek plans to launch an IPO this year; Changxin’s IPO market value is 579.1 billion; SK Hynix’s market value soared by 2 trillion overnight
FundingDeepSeek
投资界
CXMT
Changxin Technology IPO pricing is released, experts call for a rational view of the value of corporate innovation and growth
FundingCXMT
36氪
CXMT
Changxin Technology: Issue price is 8.66 yuan/share
CXMT
36氪
CXMT
China memory chipmaker CXMT aims to raise $8.6 billion in Asia's biggest IPO of 2026 so far
FundingCXMT
Reuters
CXMT
Chipmaker CXMT seeks $10bn in largest China IPO since 2010
FundingCXMT
Financial Times
CXMT
Chip Giant CXMT Seeks $9.8 Billion in Shanghai IPO
FundingCXMT
Bloomberg
CXMT
Get rich by going public! Changxin’s nearly 20,000 employees can each be divided into more than one million yuan, and some people have left due to the intensity of work; Hainan will become China’s first province to ban the sale of fuel vehicles; ByteDance’s entry into the autonomous driving field is revealed, and the official response
CXMT
雷峰网
CXMT
Investment World 24h | South Korean investors have a dark day: SK Hynix plummets 15%; Changxin’s nearly 20,000 employees are expected to have one million per capita; Zhejiang’s 5 billion fund of funds starts the second round of selection
CXMT
投资界
CXMT
8:01 Krypton丨Hainan will become China’s first province to ban the sale of fuel vehicles; some employees of Changxin Technology can invest in shares for as low as 1 cent; SK Hynix plummets 15%
CXMT
36氪
CXMT
CXMT to raise $8.5bn in largest Chinese chip IPO
Memory chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies priced its Shanghai STAR Market IPO at 8.66 yuan a share, aiming to raise about $8.5 billion in Asia's largest listing this year and China's biggest-ever A-share semiconductor offering, with a July 27 debut planned.
FundingCXMT
Nikkei Asia
CXMT
Investment World 24h | It is rumored that Haina Asia Venture Capital Gong Ting will leave his job, and he participated in the Byte Angel round investment; SHEIN Hong Kong IPO was finally approved; Changxin Technology launched a new investment on Thursday
FundingCXMT
投资界
Unitree Robotics
Hard technology investment target | Changxin Technology will open new share subscription next week, Yushu Technology Science and Technology Innovation Board IPO registration will take effect
FundingUnitree Robotics
财联社
CXMT
Apple begins testing CXMT chips for devices sold in China, FT says
PolicyCXMT
CNBC
CXMT
Apple interest thrusts China’s CXMT into memory chip spotlight
PolicyCXMT
Financial Times
CXMT
Apple wants to buy memory from Changxin? South Korea’s blockbuster AI chip investment plan is released! The 2026 World Cup will stage an enlarged version of the "Taylor Swift Effect"丨20260630 From Wall Street to Lujiazui
CXMT
第一财经
CXMT
EXCLUSIVE: China's CXMT wins $3 billion memory supply deal with Tencent, sources say
FundingCXMT
Reuters
DeepSeek
Can't bear the memory price increase! Apple lobbies the U.S. government and requests the purchase of Changxin memory chips; DeepSeek releases the latest paper, signed by Liang Wenfeng; Midea’s True Warm MAX is launched, refreshing China’s heat pump technology
DeepSeek
雷峰网
CXMT
T Morning Post | Anthropic shuts down its latest large model service; SpaceX’s market value exceeded US$2.1 trillion on its first day of listing; Changxin Technology completed IPO registration
FundingCXMT
财新
Unitree Robotics
Investing in Changxin Technology and Yushu Technology, insurance capital's "patient capital" deploys new productivity
Unitree Robotics
36氪
CXMT
CXMT’s soaring profits lift China’s semiconductor stocks
CXMT
South China Morning Post
CXMT
China's CXMT expects revenue to surge as memory chip demand soars
PolicyCXMT
Reuters
CXMT
Chinese memory module makers ramp up production with new CXMT DRAM
ProductCXMT
South China Morning Post
CXMT
The era when memory is king: Can Changxin Storage create a trillion-dollar IPO?
FundingCXMT
财新
CXMT
CXMT, the Chinese Company Taking On the World’s Memory-Chip Giants
PolicyCXMT
WSJ
CXMT
China's CXMT eyes $4.2 billion Shanghai listing to fund DRAM expansion
FundingCXMT
Reuters
CXMT
EXCLUSIVE: Chipmaker CXMT plans Shanghai listing with $42 billion valuation, sources say
FundingCXMT
Reuters
CXMT
Changxin Storage launches listing guidance, industry chain cooperation companies are expected to benefit across the board
CXMT
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Reference Table
All Models
Compare models across all 43 Chinese AI companies
Company
Model
Type
AA Score
Released
Context
Input
Output
AlibabaAlibaba
180B-parameter/ 6B parameters activated, A GDN + QSA hybrid architecture, muon optimizer adopted, early preview of the architecture used in Qwen4
Multimodal
2026-08-26
262K
$0.16/1M tokens
$0.47/1M tokens
Zhipu AI (Z.ai)Zhipu AI (Z.ai)
Zhipu's first natively multimodal GLM-5 model, 320B total/18B active, KDA+MLA hybrid attention, mHC adopted, tested anonymously as ox-alpha on OpenCode and OpenRouter
Multimodal
57/100
2026-08-26
1M
$0.075/1M tokens
$0.25/1M tokens
DeepSeekDeepSeek
Experimental multimodal (vision) variant of V4-Flash; positioned near Claude Opus 4.8 on agent benchmarks; API-only
Multimodal
2026-08-21
1M
$0.44/1M tokens
$1.32/1M tokens
SenseTimeSenseTime
Open-sourced 8B unified any-to-any model with native 4K image generation and improved editing
Multimodal
2026-08-21
32K
AlibabaAlibaba
27.78B dense model, Apache 2.0, text/image/video input, agent/coding gains over Qwen3.6-27B
Multimodal
52/100
2026-08-14
262K
$0.40/1M tokens
$3/1M tokens
Zhipu AI (Z.ai)Zhipu AI (Z.ai)
GLM-5.3 Open
Post-trained on the same 744B GLM-5.2 base; built for agentic coding & cyber defense; open weights/API pricing to follow after safety review
Text
60/100
2026-08-14
1M
$1.40/1M tokens
$4.40/1M tokens
MiniMaxMiniMax
Open-weight text-to-music model; generates full songs with sung vocals (up to 5 min) from lyrics + structured caption
Multimodal
2026-08-14
$0.15 per track
DeepSeekDeepSeek
GA release of flagship (was in preview since April); 1.6T total/49B active MoE, agentic gains
Text
53/100
2026-08-13
1M
$0.435/1M tokens
$0.87/1M tokens
AlibabaAlibaba
Faster/distilled 14B character-animation & replacement model from Tongyi Lab, Apache 2.0
Video Gen
2026-08-07
AlibabaAlibaba
Wan 3.0 Closed
Public beta all-in-one video gen/edit model; single continuous shot up to 30s, director-level camera moves, character/scene consistency, and doc/xls/ppt/pdf/md-to-video capability; no open weights (unlike Wan 2.2)
Video Gen
2026-08-06
ByteDanceByteDance
SeedRealtime Closed
Native audio-visual full-duplex LLM fusing audio/video/text streams for real-time watch, listen, speak interaction; replaces separate ASR/vision/TTS pipeline; live in Doubao app
Multimodal
2026-08-05
AlibabaAlibaba
Third-gen image model with ~4.5K-token ultra-long prompts, ~10px fine text rendering, native rendering in 12 languages, dense infographic/document layouts, reference-preserving edits; $0.04/image, API-only
Image Gen
2026-08-05
$0.003/image
$0.04/image
XiaomiXiaomi
VLA robot foundation model, Qwen3-VL backbone + Diffusion-Transformer (Mixture-of-Transformers); trained on 100,000+ hrs UMI data plus 7,200+ hrs real-robot data; demoed autonomous laundry folding, washer loading, suitcase packing
Embodied
2026-08-05
AlibabaAlibaba
2.4T MoE, ~95B active/token; text+image+video input; explicit reasoning (low/high/xhigh, xhigh default); flat pricing across full 1M ctx, max output 131K; open weights promised ~mid-Aug 2026 (HF/ModelScope)
Multimodal
58/100
2026-08-03
1M
$2.00/1M tokens
$6.0/1M tokens
RedNote (Xiaohongshu)RedNote (Xiaohongshu)
Lightest model in RedNote HiLab's dots3 series — 280B total / 16B active params (MoE), 512K context, natively understands text, images, and audio. An internal harness built on the model scored a certified perfect 42/42 (IMO gold) at IMO 2026.
Text
2026-08
512K
ByteDanceByteDance
Seedance 2.5 Closed
Native single-shot 30s video generation up to 4K, accepts up to 50 multimodal references; launched head-to-head vs MiniMax H3
Video Gen
2026-07-31
MiniMaxMiniMax
Omni-modal video generator (text/image/video/audio input), up to 15s native 2K video with native stereo audio; open weights planned within days
Video Gen
2026-07-31
DeepSeekDeepSeek
Public-beta API release; retrained V4-Flash beats DeepSeek's own larger V4-Pro-Preview on all 9 published agent/coding benchmarks
Text
52/100
2026-07-31
1M
$0.14/1M tokens
$0.28/1M tokens
SenseTimeSenseTime
Lightweight 8B-MoT open unified multimodal model (NEO-Unify architecture); adds native 4K image generation and stronger instruction-following edits vs prior U1
Image Gen
2026-07-31
HuaweiHuawei
505B-param MoE (18B active), open-sourced with weights, inference code & technical report; trained 100% on Huawei Ascend 910B NPUs
Text
2026-07-31
512K
AlibabaAlibaba
Qwen3.7-Flash Closed
Native vision-language Flash upgrade with stronger object recognition, spatial intelligence, and multimodal agent execution
Multimodal
2026-07-25
1M
$0.03/1M tokens
$0.13/1M tokens
Ant GroupAnt Group
124B-param MoE, only 5.1B active/token; hybrid-reasoning combines Ling speed + Ring reasoning; outperforms Ant's own 1T Ling-2.6 on 11/12 benchmarks; API-only (no open weights at launch), free on OpenRouter through 2026-08-03
Text
38/100
2026-07-23
256K
$0.021/1M tokens
$0.063/1M tokens
AlibabaAlibaba
ABot suite Closed
Amap's full-stack embodied AI upgrade: five models for navigation, manipulation, reasoning, memory, and motion control; claims SOTA on 17 benchmarks
Embodied
2026-07-22
TencentTencent
Vision-language-action model trained on 10,000+ hours of data, deployable across different robot platforms
Embodied
2026-07-19
TencentTencent
Perception model for robots; best-in-class on 19 of 38 benchmarks at 1/10th the compute of Tencent's prior flagship
Embodied
2026-07-19
TencentTencent
Reasoning engine for embodied cognition: joint language-visual reasoning, world-state prediction, subgoal planning; ships with open RxBrain-Bench
Embodied
2026-07-19
SenseTimeSenseTime
Unifies seeing, generating, acting via NEO-unify architecture; native 8K output; debuted at WAIC 2026
Multimodal
2026-07-19
Kunlun TechKunlun Tech
Mureka v9.5 Closed
AI music model with O3 reflective-reasoning + MuCo creation agent; pitched as least AI-sounding music generator, unveiled at WAIC
Multimodal
2026-07-19
Kunlun TechKunlun Tech
Interactive world-model upgrade shown at WAIC; 5B model, real-time 720p-class generation at 20FPS with 1-minute memory
Video Gen
2026-07-19
ModelBestModelBest
0.9B on-device VLA model for person-tracking, unveiled at WAIC 2026; SOTA on 3 tracking benchmarks, runs 5+ FPS on Unitree Go2 onboard compute
Embodied
2026-07-17
ModelBestModelBest
1.5B on-device VLA model for robot manipulation, unveiled at WAIC 2026; outperforms larger models like π0.5 and Qwen-VLA per ModelBest
Embodied
2026-07-17
WeRideWeRide
WITT Closed
Physical AI foundation model built on Atomic Physical Facts; claims 98% lower token cost and 200x data efficiency vs general models (self-reported, unverified)
Embodied
2026-07-17
UnisoundUnisound
U2-Med Closed
First tri-medical LLM spanning healthcare, insurance and pharma; built on U2 foundation model
Multimodal
2026-07-17
Moonshot AIMoonshot AI
Kimi K3 Open
Flagship model, 2.8T total parameters, strong coding and agent capabilities, open weights by July 27
Multimodal
60/100
2026-07-16
1M
$3.00/1M tokens
$15.00/1M tokens
Ant GroupAnt Group
Industry-first embodied-native causal video-action model; dual-stream mixture-of-transformers architecture, unifies frame prediction and policy execution from scratch
Embodied
2026-07-11
Ant GroupAnt Group
Open-source world model generating hour-long, no-decay 720p/60fps interactive experiences with built-in dynamic agents; up from minutes-level in v1.0
Embodied
2026-07-09
AlibabaAlibaba
DAMO Academy release; generates robot's predicted future as joint RGB + depth + optical-flow stream for manipulation planning, not just 2D video
Embodied
2026-07-08
Ant GroupAnt Group
6B open-source cross-embodiment model; trained on 60K hrs real-world data across 20 robot morphologies from 17 manufacturers
Embodied
2026-07-08
Ant GroupAnt Group
1.1B-param ViT-g/16 self-supervised vision model using masked boundary modelling, trained on ~161M curated images; 4 sizes released under Apache-2.0
Embodied
2026-07-07
Ant GroupAnt Group
Next-gen monocular depth model paired with LingBot-Vision; claims to roughly halve robotic depth-estimation error in challenging scenarios
Embodied
2026-07-07
TencentTencent
295B total / 21B active + 3.8B MTP layer, 192 routed experts (top-8) + 1 shared; official release upgrades Apr 2026 preview, deployed across WeChat, Yuanbao, WorkBuddy
Text
2026-07-07
256K
$0.18/1M tokens
$0.60/1M tokens
Shengshu TechnologyShengshu Technology
Vidu S1 Closed
Real-time interactive video model with voice-controlled avatars; 540p up to 42fps; runs on consumer-grade GPUs instead of server clusters
Video Gen
2026-07-03
Zhipu AI (Z.ai)Zhipu AI (Z.ai)
GLM-5.2 Open
753B params; Rolled out to all GLM Coding Plan tiers (Lite/Pro/Max/Team); standalone API + MIT open weights
Text
51/100
2026-06-01
1M
$1.40/1M tokens
$4.40/1M tokens
MiniMaxMiniMax
MiniMax M3 Open
428B params (23B active); 1-million-token context window; novel attention mechanism called MSA; native multimodality
Multimodal
44/100
2026-06
1M
$0.30/1M tokens
$1.20/1M tokens
Moonshot AIMoonshot AI
1T total params / 32B active, 384 experts, ~30% lower reasoning-token usage vs K2.6
Code
2026-06
256K
$0.95/1M tokens
$4.00/1M tokens
StepFunStepFun
198B total / 11B active params; 1.8B ViT vision encoder; 3 reasoning levels (low/med/high); ~400 TPS; Apache 2.0; supports NVIDIA NIM on-prem deployment
Multimodal
2026-06
256K
$0.2/1M tokens
$1.15/1M tokens
MeituanMeituan
1.6T para + MoE; trained on 50,000 domestic Chinese chips; next-gen flagship
Text
2026-06
1M
$0.75/1M tokens
$2.95/1M tokens
XPengXPeng
VLA 2.0 Closed
Second-generation vision-language-action world model — deliberative reasoning, controllable generation, and long-horizon forecasting. Runs on 4 self-developed Turing AI chips (~3,000 TOPS effective) in the Robotaxi platform.
Embodied
2026-06
AlibabaAlibaba
Qwen3.7-Max Closed
Flagship closed-source reasoning model. Ranked #1 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (57/100) out of 218 models at release. 1M token context window. Text-only (no multimodal). Architecture reportedly dual-72B. Extended thinking / chain-of-thought mode. Released May 19, 2026.
Text
57/100
2026-05
1M
$2.50/1M tokens
$7.50/1M tokens
BaiduBaidu
ERNIE 5.1 Closed
MoE successor to ERNIE 5.0. ~⅓ total params, ~½ active params, 6% of pre-training cost. AIME 2026: 99.6% with tool use (#2 globally). Arena Search: 1,223 (#4 global, #1 China). Released May 9, 2026.
Text
2026-05
128K
$0.59/1M tokens
$2.65/1M tokens
Baichuan AIBaichuan AI
Baichuan-M4 Closed
Medical AI flagship (May 2026). World #1 on HealthBench, HealthBench Hard & HealthBench Professional. Hallucination rate 3.3% — industry low via factuality-aware RL. Surpasses GPT-5.5, Opus 4.7, DeepSeek-V4-Pro. Powers 百小医 AI family doctor.
Text
2026-05
ModelBestModelBest
1.3B multimodal model (SigLip2 + Qwen3.5-0.8B). 260K token context. Runs on consumer phones (iOS/Android/HarmonyOS). Launched May 2026.
Multimodal
2026-05
260K
ModelBestModelBest
1B language model with 128K token context. SOTA on-device LLM at its size class. Apache 2.0.
Text
2026-05
128K
Zhipu AI (Z.ai)Zhipu AI (Z.ai)
GLM-5.1 Open
754B flagship — top scores on AIME 2026 (95.3) and GPQA-Diamond (86.2); strong agentic and coding ability
Text
2026-04
200K
$0.98/1M tokens
$3.08/1M tokens
MiniMaxMiniMax
229B MoE; self-evolving agent — 30% perf gain over 100+ rounds; agent teams, complex skills, 24/7 background agents
Agent
2026-04
1M tokens
$0.28/1M tokens
$1.20/1M tokens
Moonshot AIMoonshot AI
Kimi K2.6 Open
1T MoE (32B active), 256K ctx; native multimodal agentic — top SWE-Bench (80.2) and AIME 2026 (96.4)
Multimodal
2026-04
256K
$0.60/1M tokens
$2.50/1M tokens
DeepSeekDeepSeek
Flagship MoE: 1.6T total / 49B active params, 1M context, FP4+FP8 precision, built-in Think/Non-Think reasoning modes. Codeforces rating 3206.
Text
2026-04
1M
$0.435/1M tokens
$0.87/1M tokens
DeepSeekDeepSeek
Efficient MoE: 284B total / 13B active params, 1M context. Same architecture as V4-Pro at far lower compute cost. Codeforces 2816.
Text
2026-04
1M
$0.14/1M tokens
$0.28/1M tokens
BaiduBaidu
8B single-stream Diffusion Transformer (DiT). Best text rendering in open source (LongTextBench: 0.9733). Up to 4K output. Apache 2.0. Released Apr 15, 2026.
Image Gen
2026-04
$0.03/image
Ant GroupAnt Group
1T total params, ~63B active per token; adaptive reasoning via high / xhigh modes; up to 66K output tokens; open weights (MIT); released May 8 2026; free tier available on OpenRouter
Text
2026-04
262K
$0.075/1M tokens
$0.625/1M tokens
Ant GroupAnt Group
1T total params, ~63B active per token; fast thinking approach cuts token cost to ~1/4 of comparable models; open weights (MIT); released Apr 23 2026; free tier available on OpenRouter via Novita AI
Text
34/100
2026-04
262K
$0.075/1M tokens
$0.625/1M tokens
Ant GroupAnt Group
Efficient sparse MoE: 104B total / 7.4B active, hybrid linear attention. 340 tokens/s on 4× H20. Strong agent and tool-use performance.
Text
2026-04
262K
$0.10/1M tokens
$0.30/1M tokens
TencentTencent
Hy3-preview Closed
295B MoE (21B active); reasoning, coding, and agentic workloads. Via Tencent Cloud TokenHub. Released Apr 23, 2026.
Text
2026-04
256K
¥1.2/1M tokens
¥4.0/1M tokens
XiaomiXiaomi
1.02T MoE, 42B active; KV-cache reduced ~7×; latest generation
Text
2026-04
1M
$0.0036/1M tokens
$0.087/1M tokens
AGIBotAGIBot
AGIBot's new-generation embodied foundation model, powering autonomous manipulation and locomotion across its AGIBOT A2 and X2 robot lines.
Embodied
2026-04
XiaomiXiaomi
MiMo-V2-Pro Closed
1T+ MoE, 42B active; hybrid attention; 1M token context
Text
2026-03
1M
$0.0036/1M tokens
$0.087/1M tokens
Unitree RoboticsUnitree Robotics
Vision-Language-Action model enabling the G1 humanoid to autonomously perform household tasks from natural language commands. Runs onboard the robot. Open-sourced March 2026 — Unitree's first AI model release.
Embodied
2026-03
N/A
Kunlun TechKunlun Tech
SkyReels V4 Closed
Audio-visual creation model (Mar 2026). Dual-stream architecture; #1 globally on Text-to-Video (With Audio) and Image-to-Video (With Audio) tracks at release. Generates clips up to 3 minutes.
Video Gen
2026-03
Kunlun TechKunlun Tech
Mureka V9 Closed
Music generation model (Mar 2026). Paragraph-level text control; enhanced mixing quality, vocal expression, and style richness.
Audio
2026-03
Kunlun TechKunlun Tech
Physics-simulation interactive world model (Mar 2026). 5B params; 720P @ 40FPS; covers 1,000+ scenarios with Unreal Engine data. Industrial-grade real-time interactivity.
Text
2026-03
ByteDanceByteDance
Seed2.0 Pro Closed
ByteDance's flagship multimodal model. Understands text, image, and video. Ranks #3 globally on LMSYS Vision Arena and #6 on overall text arena. AIME 2025: 98.3, SWE-bench: 76.5%.
Multimodal
2026-02
272K
$0.47/1M tokens
$2.37/1M tokens
ByteDanceByteDance
Unified multimodal image generation with chain-of-thought visual reasoning, real-time web search, and native editing. Supports up to 14 reference images. Up to 4K output at 2048×2048.
Image Gen
2026-02
$0.026/image
ByteDanceByteDance
Seedance 2.0 Closed
Unified audio-video joint generation model. Accepts text, image, video, and audio inputs; outputs native 2K video (up to 15s) with synchronized audio. 30% faster than Seedance 1.5 Pro.
Video Gen
2026-02
AlibabaAlibaba
Qwen3.5 Open
Unified vision-language MoE family. Flagship: 35B-A3B (35B total / 3B active) and 397B-A17B. Thinking mode on by default. Supports image, video, text input. 201 languages. Apache 2.0.
Multimodal
2026-02
262K (1M w/ YaRN)
AlibabaAlibaba
80B total / 3B active MoE coding agent. Excels at long-horizon agentic tasks, tool use, and IDE integration (Claude Code, Cline, Qwen Code). No thinking mode.
Code
2026-02
256K
Zhipu AI (Z.ai)Zhipu AI (Z.ai)
GLM-5 Open
754B MoE (40B active); 28.5T token pre-training; top-tier SWE-bench score of 77.8
Text
2026-02
200K
$1.40/1M tokens
$4.40/1M tokens
MiniMaxMiniMax
229B; SOTA SWE-Bench (80.2); 80% of MiniMax's own code generated by this model; M2.5-Lightning at 100 tok/s
Agent
2026-02
1M tokens
$0.30–$1.00/hr
$0.30–$1.00/hr
BaiduBaidu
ERNIE 5.0 Closed
2.4 trillion parameter unified multimodal (text + image + video + audio) in a single autoregressive framework. LMArena Text: 1,460 (#1 China, #8 global); Vision: 1,226 (#1 China, #8 global). Released Feb 6, 2026.
Multimodal
2026-02
128K
Ant GroupAnt Group
Open-source VLA foundation model trained on ~20,000 hours of real-world dual-arm robot data across 9 embodiments
Embodied
2026-02
Ant GroupAnt Group
World's first open-source 1T-parameter thinking model. Gold medal level at IMO 2025 (35/42 pts) and CMO 2025 (105/126). 3× throughput for sequences >32K.
Text
2026-02
256K
Ant GroupAnt Group
Any-to-any omni model: accepts image, text, video, and audio; outputs image, text, and audio. 100B total / 6B active MoE. Supports zero-shot voice cloning and image generation/editing.
Multimodal
2026-02
Ant GroupAnt Group
Novel diffusion-based language model — not autoregressive. 103B params. Generates text by iterative token editing rather than left-to-right decoding. 102K monthly downloads.
Multimodal
2026-02
Baichuan AIBaichuan AI
235B medical model (Feb 2026) built on Qwen3 architecture. Former world #1 on HealthBench. Hallucination rate 3.5%. Outperforms human doctors in diagnostic accuracy. 48GB VRAM with W4 quantization.
Text
2026-02
JD.comJD.com
Open-sourced lightweight model — 4.8B total / 3B active params, pretrained on 20T text tokens. Released on HuggingFace as part of JD's open-source push.
Text
2026-02
Moonshot AIMoonshot AI
Kimi K2.5 Open
1T MoE (32B active); trained on 15T vision+text tokens; thinking & instant modes; agent swarm support
Multimodal
2026-01
256K
$0.40/1M tokens
$1.90/1M tokens
DeepSeekDeepSeek
3B visual OCR model with document-to-markdown conversion, layout-aware grounding, and dynamic resolution. 1.66M monthly downloads.
Multimodal
2026-01
TencentTencent
80B MoE (13B active); text-to-image and image-to-image with reasoning. Open weight on HuggingFace. Released Jan 26, 2026.
Image Gen
2026-01
MeituanMeituan
68.5B MoE, 2.9–4.5B active; fast and efficient
Text
2026-01
256K
AIsphereAIsphere
PixVerse R1 Closed
Real-time world model; 1080p, <15s latency, physics-aware, infinite temporal continuity
Video Gen
2026-01
N/A
SenseTimeSenseTime
Real-time multimodal streaming model. Powers SenseChat's live audio/video interaction. Successor to V6 Pro.
Multimodal
2026-01
LimX DynamicsLimX Dynamics
LimX's Vision-Language-Action embodied-AI engine powering autonomous manipulation and locomotion on its humanoid and legged robots.
Embodied
2026
DeepSeekDeepSeek
685B MoE with DeepSeek Sparse Attention (DSA). V3.2-Speciale variant won gold at 2025 IMO and IOI. 4.16M monthly downloads on HuggingFace.
Text
2025-12
128K
$0.252/1M tokens
$0.378/1M tokens
KuaishouKuaishou
Kling I2V 2.0 Closed
Image-to-video with industry-leading subject preservation
Multimodal
2025-12
N/A
$0.16/video (5s)
XiaomiXiaomi
309B MoE, 15B active; trained on 27T tokens; open-source release
Text
2025-12
N/A
$0.01/1M tokens
$0.30/1M tokens
AIsphereAIsphere
PixVerse V5.5 Closed
Text/image-to-video; HD output, multiple aspect ratios, character consistency
Video Gen
2025-12
N/A
TencentTencent
Hunyuan3D 3.0 Closed
3D asset generation from text, image, or sketch input
3D Gen
2025-11
iFlyTekiFlyTek
Spark X1.5 Closed
MoE reasoning model (29.3B total / 3B active parameters). Supports 130+ languages. Runs on a single Huawei Ascend server. Launched Nov 2025.
Text
2025-11
MiniMaxMiniMax
MiniMax-M2 Open
230B MoE (10B active); interleaved thinking; open-source under Modified MIT; free API available
Agent
2025-10
1M tokens
Infinigence AIInfinigence AI
MoE edge model: 3×7B experts, 3B active parameters. Open-weight, Apache 2.0.
Text
2025-09
AlibabaAlibaba
Qwen-Image Open
Image generation and editing foundation model. Exceptional Chinese + English text rendering. Supports style transfer, object insertion/removal, layered editing, and depth/edge estimation. Released Aug 2025.
Image Gen
2025-08
ModelBestModelBest
8B multimodal model (Qwen3-8B + SigLIP2). Apache 2.0.
Multimodal
2025-08
Moonshot AIMoonshot AI
Kimi k2 Open
Agentic model with tool use, web browsing, and code execution
Text
2025-07
128K
$0.57/1M tokens
$2.30/1M tokens
MiniMaxMiniMax
MiniMax-M1 Open
First open-weight large-scale hybrid-attention reasoning model; test-time compute scaling
Text
2025-06
1M tokens
$0.80/1M tokens
$2.20/1M tokens
MiniMaxMiniMax
Hailuo-02 Open
Physics-aware video generation; top-3 globally on VBench
Video Gen
2025-06
N/A
$0.06/video (5s)
Shengshu TechnologyShengshu Technology
Vidu Q3 Closed
World's first storytelling-focused video model. Up to 16 sec, 1080p 24fps, native audio sync. Multilingual. Pro and Turbo variants. MCP integration.
Video Gen
2025-06
~$0.07/sec
HuaweiHuawei
718B-parameter MoE model (256 experts), trained on the full-stack hardware and software of Huawei Cloud's AI Cloud Service (CloudMatrix 384 supernodes). Part of the Pangu Models 5.5 family, which per Huawei Cloud's own release delivers upgrades across five capabilities: natural language processing, computer vision, multimodal, prediction, and scientific computing.
Text
2025-06
RedNote (Xiaohongshu)RedNote (Xiaohongshu)
dots.llm1 Open
RedNote's first open-source LLM — 142B total / 14B active params (MoE), pretrained on 11.2T high-quality tokens with no synthetic data. Performance comparable to Alibaba's Qwen2.5-72B.
Text
2025-06
32K
DeepSeekDeepSeek
Latest R1 update: 685B, adds system prompt support, deeper reasoning (23K avg tokens on AIME vs 12K prior). Distilled 8B version achieves 86% on AIME 2024.
Text
2025-05
128K
$0.50/1M tokens
$2.15/1M tokens
KuaishouKuaishou
Kling 2.0 Closed
4K-capable video generation; advanced camera controls and scene coherence
Video Gen
2025-04
N/A
$0.16/video (5s)
KuaishouKuaishou
Kolors 2.0 Open
Upgraded photorealistic image model; open-source available
Image Gen
2025-04
N/A
$0.004/image
SenseTimeSenseTime
620B MoE hybrid. Real-time audio/video streaming. Ranked #1 in China in multimodal reasoning at launch. Lowest reasoning cost in industry at launch (Apr 2025).
Multimodal
2025-04
256K
¥2.8/1M tokens
¥8.4/1M tokens
Kunlun TechKunlun Tech
Open-source math and coding reasoning model (Apr 2025). 32B params; rivals DeepSeek-R1 on competitive programming benchmarks. 7B variant also available.
Text
2025-04
Qihoo 360Qihoo 360
Latest open-weight 360Zhinao generation (Base / Instruct / O1.5 long chain-of-thought reasoning variant). Free for commercial use.
Text
2025-04
32K
BaiduBaidu
ERNIE X1 Closed
Baidu's first dedicated reasoning model with extended chain-of-thought
Text
2025-03
128K
$0.28/1M tokens
$1.10/1M tokens
BaiduBaidu
ERNIE 4.5 Closed
Improved multimodal and reasoning; best ERNIE for Chinese enterprise tasks. The flagship ERNIE 4.5 model is closed-source, though several variants in the ERNIE 4.5 family are openly available on HuggingFace.
Multimodal
2025-03
128K
$0.55/1M tokens
$2.20/1M tokens
StepFunStepFun
Step-3 Closed
StepFun's 2025 flagship; 1M token context and native reasoning mode
Text
2025-01
1M
$0.57/1M tokens
$1.42/1M tokens
Baichuan AIBaichuan AI
32B medical reasoning model (2025) built on Qwen2.5-32B with innovative Large Verifier System for real-world clinical reasoning.
Text
2025-01
ModelBestModelBest
8B any-to-any model (text + vision + speech). Surpasses GPT-4o and Gemini 1.5 Pro on single-image understanding benchmarks. Launched Jan 2025.
Multimodal
2025-01
KuaishouKuaishou
Kling 1.6 Pro Closed
Previous flagship; supports 1080p, 5-10s clips, camera controls
Video Gen
2024-12
N/A
$0.14/video (5s)
Infinigence AIInfinigence AI
3B omni model processing text, vision, and audio. Outperforms LLaVA-NeXT-Yi-34B on vision benchmarks. Optimised for on-device and edge deployment.
Multimodal
2024-12
Kunlun TechKunlun Tech
Skywork-o1 Open
Reasoning model (Nov 2024) — among China's first o1-style models with chain-of-thought Chinese logical reasoning. Open-source 8B variant (Llama 3.1 base) plus proprietary advanced version.
Text
2024-11
Qihoo 360Qihoo 360
Second-generation 360Zhinao with Base and Chat variants at 4K / 32K / 360K context lengths.
Text
2024-11
360K
Baichuan AIBaichuan AI
Enterprise flagship general LLM (late 2024). 10%+ usability gain vs prior generation; priced at ~80% of GPT-4o. Supports multimodal input.
Text
2024-10
192K
Baichuan AIBaichuan AI
Baichuan4-Air Closed
MoE variant (PRI architecture) of Baichuan4. High performance at low cost for API deployments.
Text
2024-10
192K
01.AI01.AI
Yi-Lightning Closed
MoE flagship API model (Oct 2024). Ranked #6 on Chatbot Arena at launch — joint 3rd among LLM companies. 40% faster inference than prior Yi models. Final model before 01.AI halted pre-training in early 2025.
Text
2024-10
16K
$0.14/1M tokens
$0.14/1M tokens
01.AI01.AI
Yi-Coder Open
Code model (Sep 2024); 1.5B and 9B variants; supports 52 programming languages; 128K context window.
Code
2024-09
128K
iFlyTekiFlyTek
Spark 4.0 Closed
Flagship LLM (Aug 2024). Claims comparable performance to GPT-4 Turbo on Chinese language benchmarks.
Text
2024-08
StepFunStepFun
Step-2 Closed
Very long context window; strong document understanding
Text
2024-07
256K
¥0.038/1K tokens
¥0.12/1K tokens
StepFunStepFun
Step-1X-Image Closed
High-resolution image generation model
Image Gen
2024-07
N/A
¥0.04/image
01.AI01.AI
Yi-1.5 Open
Open-source series (May 2024); 6B–34B variants. Improved coding, math, reasoning, and instruction-following over original Yi.
Text
2024-05
Qihoo 360Qihoo 360
Retrieval + 1.8B reranking models that ranked #1 in the Retrieval and Reranking tasks of the C-MTEB leaderboard.
Embedding
2024-05
01.AI01.AI
Yi-VL-34B Open
34B vision-language model (early 2024). Open-weight multimodal extension of Yi-34B.
Multimodal
2024-01
01.AI01.AI
Yi-34B Open
Founding open-source model (Nov 2023). Topped HuggingFace Open LLM Leaderboard and C-Eval at launch. 200K-token context variant (Yi-34B-200K) also available.
Text
2023-11
200K
Kunlun TechKunlun Tech
Founding open-source bilingual LLM (Oct 2023). 13B params; pretrained on 3.2T tokens. Led same-scale models on CEVAL, CMMLU, and MMLU at launch.
Text
2023-10
Baichuan AIBaichuan AI
Baichuan2 Open
Open-source bilingual LLM series (Sep 2023); 7B and 13B variants; trained on 2.6T tokens. Available on Hugging Face under permissive license.
Text
2023-09
4K
JD.comJD.com
JD's 100B-parameter industry-focused LLM, blending 70% general data with 30% native supply-chain intelligence data for retail, logistics, finance, healthcare, and city-services applications.
Text
2023-07
32K
BaiduBaidu
ERNIE-Speed Closed
Free tier for prototyping and light production
Text
128K
MeituanMeituan
Image generation model, ~6B params; data-quality focused; released Dec 2025
Image Gen
N/A
MeituanMeituan
Text-to-video generation model; released Oct 2025
Video Gen
N/A
MeituanMeituan
Text + vision + audio multimodal
Multimodal
256K
MeituanMeituan
Chain-of-thought reasoning variant of LongCat-Flash
Text
256K
MeituanMeituan
560B MoE, 27B active; open-source; 500K free tokens/day
Text
128K
WeRideWeRide
Generative Engineered Neural Environment for Simulated Intelligence in Self-driving. WeRide's proprietary general-purpose simulation platform combining physical AI with generative AI. Rapidly builds photorealistic simulated cities in minutes, generates diverse edge-case scenarios from billions of km of real-world data, and models realistic pedestrian and driver behavior — all at centimeter-level fidelity. Supports L2++ through L4 AV development and validation via four modules: AI Scenarios, AI Agents, AI Metrics, and AI Diagnosis.
Embodied
Pony.aiPony.ai
PonyWorld 2.0 Closed
Second-generation world model underpinning the Virtual Driver L4 autonomous driving platform. Introduces an Intention layer — a structured representation of decision-making that enables the system to evaluate its own driving decisions, identify accuracy gaps across scenarios, and direct targeted data collection rather than broad undirected improvement. Direct sensor-to-action architecture with no language models in the inference pipeline; runs on 1016 TOPS across three NVIDIA DRIVE Orin-X SoCs with redundant failover.
Embodied
UnisoundUnisound
60B+ parameter general large model (v5.0); underpins all Unisound vertical products. Medical, enterprise, and consumer deployments.
Text
UnisoundUnisound
U2-ASR 2.5 Closed
First LLM-based semantic ASR model for Chinese. Covers 100+ dialects across 7 dialect systems. >90% accuracy. Available via Token Hub API.
Audio
UnisoundUnisound
Text-to-speech and voice cloning with full-duplex millisecond response. Available via Token Hub API.
Audio
UnisoundUnisound
U1-OCR Closed
Industrial-grade document intelligence model for OCR and document understanding. Launched February 2026.
Multimodal
Disclosed, 2026 YTD
Funding & Markets
Private funding rounds and public market data for China's leading AI companies
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Companies tracked
22 public · 21 private
~$29.9B
AI startup funding
12 AI-native cos
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Valuation, total funding & AI ARR, side-by-side
Most Active Investors
1 Tencent
16
2 HongShan Capital
12
3 Alibaba
12
4 IDG Capital
9
5 Shunwei Capital
7
Derived live from 167 rounds
ByteDance
ByteDance
PRIVATE
Valuation$600B
Total Raised~$12.61B+
AI ARR$4B
Alibaba
Alibaba
BABA / 9988.HK
Market Cap
Cloud Revenue (FY25)¥158B
AI ARR¥10B
Zhipu AI (Z.ai)
Zhipu AI (Z.ai)
2513.HK
Market Cap
Total Raised$5.79B
AI ARR$1B
MiniMax
MiniMax
0100.HK
Market Cap
Total Raised$2.17B
AI ARR$800M
Moonshot AI
Moonshot AI
PRIVATE
Valuation$35B
Total Raised~$8.2B+
AI ARR$300M
DeepSeek
DeepSeek
PRIVATE
Valuation$50B
Total Raised$7.35B
AI ARR$500M
StepFun
StepFun
PRIVATE
Valuation$10B
Total Raised$3.23B+
Last Round2026
Baidu
Baidu
BIDU / 9888.HK
Market Cap
ExchangeNASDAQ: BIDU · HKEX: 9888
Founded2000
Ant Group
Ant Group
PRIVATE
Valuation$79B
Total Raised$20.53B+
Last Round2020
Tencent
Tencent
0700.HK
Market Cap
Revenue (FY25)¥751.8B
Founded1998
Kuaishou
Kuaishou
1024.HK
Market Cap
ExchangeHKEX: 1024
Kling ARR$500M
Xiaomi
Xiaomi
1810.HK
Market Cap
Revenue (FY25)¥457.3B
Founded2010
Meituan
Meituan
3690.HK
Market Cap
Revenue (FY25)¥364.9B
Founded2010
AIsphere
AIsphere
PRIVATE
Valuation$2B
Total Raised~$669M+
Last Round2026
Unitree Robotics
Unitree Robotics
688836.SS
Market Cap
FY2025 Revenue¥1.71B
Founded2016
SenseTime
SenseTime
0020.HK
Market Cap
Revenue (FY25)¥5.01B
Founded2014
Baichuan AI
Baichuan AI
PRIVATE
Valuation$2.7B
Total Raised$1.04B
Last Round2024
01.AI
01.AI
PRIVATE
Valuation$1B
Total Raised$300M+
Last Round2024
Kunlun Tech
Kunlun Tech
300418.SZ
Market Cap
Revenue (FY25)¥8.2B
Founded2008
Evoken
Evoken
PRIVATE
Valuation$2B
Total Raised$430M+
Last Round2026
iFlyTek
iFlyTek
002230.SZ
Market Cap~¥190B
FY2025 Revenue¥27.1B
Founded1999
Infinigence AI
Infinigence AI
PRIVATE
ValuationUndisclosed
Total Raised~$251M+
Last Round2026
Enflame Technology
Enflame Technology
PRIVATE
Valuation
Total Raised
Last Round
SiliconFlow
SiliconFlow
PRIVATE
Valuation¥7.7B
Total Raised$287M
Revenue¥55.3M
Cambricon
Cambricon
688256.SS
Market Cap
FY2025 Revenue¥6.5B
Founded2016
ModelBest
ModelBest
PRIVATE
Valuation¥20B
Total RaisedUndisclosed
Last Round2026
Moore Threads
Moore Threads
— (SSE)
Market Cap
FY2025 Revenue¥1.505B
Founded2020
WeRide
WeRide
WRD / 0800.HK
Market Cap
FY2025 Revenue~$93.6M
Founded2017
Pony.ai
Pony.ai
PONY / 2026.HK
Market Cap
FY2025 Revenue$90.0M
Founded2016
Shengshu Technology
Shengshu Technology
PRIVATE
ValuationUndisclosed
Total Raised~$440M
Last Round2026
DiDi Autonomous Driving
DiDi Autonomous Driving
PRIVATE
ValuationUndisclosed
Total Raised$1.39B+
Last Round2025
Unisound
Unisound
9678.HK
Market Cap
FY2025 Revenue¥1.21B
Founded2012
Momenta
Momenta
06880.HK
Market Cap
FY2025 Revenue¥2.4B
Founded2016
Qihoo 360
Qihoo 360
601360.SS
Market Cap~$10.1B
Market Cap~$10.1B
Founded2005
CXMT
CXMT
688825.SS
Market Cap
IPO Proceeds~$8.6B
Founded2016
Manus (Butterfly Effect)
Manus (Butterfly Effect)
PRIVATE
Valuation~$500M
Total Raised$75M
Last Round2025
LimX Dynamics
LimX Dynamics
PRIVATE
Valuation¥15B
Total Raised~$400M+
Last Round2026
XPeng
XPeng
XPEV / 9868.HK
Market Cap
ExchangeNYSE: XPEV · HKEX: 9868
Founded2014
AGIBot
AGIBot
PRIVATE
Valuation~$1.5B+
Total Raised$84M+
Last Round2025
Huawei
Huawei
PRIVATE
FY2025 Revenue¥880.9B
R&D Investment¥192.3B
Founded1987
Pragmatik Labs
Pragmatik Labs
PRIVATE
Valuation$2B
Total Raised$220M
Last Round2026
RedNote (Xiaohongshu)
RedNote (Xiaohongshu)
PRIVATE
Valuation~$70B
Total Raised~$917M+
Last Round2026
JD.com
JD.com
JD / 9618.HK
Market Cap
FY2025 Revenue¥1,309.1B
Founded2004
Data methodology: Funding data on this page is compiled from publicly available sources — company press releases, regulatory filings, and media reports — and fact-checked by Tony Peng with the assistance of AI. Where a round appears in both a company disclosure and press report, company disclosure takes precedence. All figures may be approximate.
Shipped Products
Applications
AI products from China's leading companies, by category
Est. 2026

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China AI Index is a research project built and maintained by Tony Peng — a long-time observer of the AI industry with a background in journalism and communications — with the assistance of AI (Claude Code, Qoder, and Z Code). Tony is also the writer behind Recode China AI, a newsletter tracking the latest advances and news stories in intelligent technologies.

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Models
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Financing
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People
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A timeline of China's AI rules — generative AI measures, algorithm filing requirements, model approval lists, data law touchpoints, and provincial subsidy programs. Click any entry for the original text.
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Chips
Domestic AI accelerators, training clusters, and memory chips — specs, interconnect bandwidth, process nodes, and deployment status for China's emerging chip ecosystem.
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2026 Jul
TC260Agentscybersecurity
Effective: 2026-07-01 Issuer: TC260 (National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee) Type: Practice Guide

Sets a lifecycle security framework for AI agents across five stages — assessment, preparation, deployment, use, decommissioning. Requires least-privilege access, restricted network exposure, full audit logging, secondary confirmation on high-risk operations (payments, deletions, permission changes), sandboxing, and secure data wipe on decommission. Reflects a shift from treating agents as lightweight LLM wrappers to integrated systems with memory/tools/autonomy that need dedicated governance.

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2025 Mar
LabelingWatermarkingGenAIKey
Effective: Sep 1, 2025 Issuer: CAC / MIIT / MPS / NRTA Type: Administrative Measure

Mandates two-layer labeling for all AI-generated text, images, audio, video, and virtual scenes: an explicit label visible to users (text, voice, or graphic indicator) and an implicit label embedded in file metadata as a digital watermark carrying generation information and producer details. Download, copy, and export functions must preserve labels. Content distribution platforms must verify metadata and add indicators when redistributing AI content. Users publishing AI-generated content must declare its origin. Prohibits malicious deletion, tampering, forgery, or concealment of required labels, and bans tools that enable such conduct. Issued March 7, 2025; effective September 1, 2025.

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China's Chip Ecosystem

Domestic AI accelerators, large-scale training clusters, and memory chips — tracking the hardware layer behind China's AI buildout.

AI Accelerators
Clusters & Supernodes
Memory & HBM
Role
Precision
Company Chip Role Peak Compute Memory Tech Capacity Bandwidth Interconnect
Bandwidth
TDP Process Status Highlights
Huawei ↗
Ascend 910B
Training
256 TFLOPS
BF16
HBM2e 64 GB 2.0 TB/s
392 GB/s
HCCS 3.0
400 W SMIC N+2 Production Most-deployed domestic training chip. Used at Alibaba, ByteDance, Baidu, and Tencent.
Huawei ↗
Ascend 910C
Training
800 TFLOPS
FP16
HBM2e 96 GB 4.0 TB/s
800 GB/s
HCCS
900 W SMIC N+2 Production Dual-die upgrade to 910B. Powers the Atlas 900 A3 SuperPoD (300 PFLOPS).
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Cluster / Supernode Operator Chip Chip Count Total Compute Interconnect Fabric Notes
Atlas 900 A3 SuperPoD (CloudMatrix 384)
Huawei Cloud Ascend 910C 384
300 PFLOPS
FP16
All-optical (OXC) Huawei's current-generation supernode. Uses optical circuit switching (OXC) for low-latency inter-chip communication. Announced April 2025 as a full-stack domestic alternative to Nvidia GB200 NVL72.
Atlas 950 SuperPoD
Huawei Cloud Ascend 950 8,192
8 EFLOPS
FP8
16.3 PB/s aggregate Next-generation supernode targeting 2026 delivery. 1,152 TB total memory. Full liquid cooling. Footprint larger than two basketball courts. Would represent a major leap in domestic training capacity if delivered at spec.
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Cluster sizes and compute figures are from official announcements or credible press reports.
Company Product Type Capacity Bandwidth Process Status Notes
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DDR5
DDR 16–32 Gb dies ~6400 MT/s ~16nm (G4) Production CXMT's latest-generation DDR5, unveiled Nov 2025 — its push into the high-end DRAM market against Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron.
CXMT ↗
LPDDR5X
LPDDR Mobile ~8533 MT/s ~16nm Production Low-power mobile DRAM for smartphones and edge/AI devices.
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DRAM, HBM, and NAND from Chinese memory makers. Specs marked ~ are estimates from third-party analysis or press reports.
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