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About Zhipu AI

Zhipu AI is an AI company. Zhipu AI (Z.ai) — Beijing-based Chinese AI company spun out of Tsinghua University, maker of the open-weight GLM (General Language Model) family. Rebranded internationally as Z.ai in 2025. This page tracks 124 recent news stories about Zhipu AI, curated from 30+ sources and updated every 15 minutes.

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Zhipu, MiniMax prep Shanghai listings: Why China's AI firms are moving back to the mainland
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Zhipu, MiniMax prep Shanghai listings: Why China's AI firms are moving back to the mainland

China's homegrown AI champions are staging a surprising reversal, preparing to list on Shanghai's stock exchange instead of pursuing the prestige and capital of Wall Street or Hong Kong, signaling Beijing's growing ability to keep its tech titans anchored to the mainland despite geopolitical tensions. The move by Zhipu and MiniMax—two of the country's most well-funded artificial intelligence startups—suggests that improved domestic capital markets and government incentives now rival the traditional allure of foreign listings, potentially reshaping where global AI innovation gets funded and controlled. It's a quiet but telling victory for China's effort to consolidate its tech ecosystem at home, even as Washington tightens restrictions on advanced chip exports and intellectual

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Zhipu Shares Surge 48% After JPMorgan Raises Price Target

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GLM 5.2 is live: 1M context confirmed, no benchmarks yet. What's actually real.

Zhipu pushed GLM 5.2 to every GLM Coding Plan tier on June 13 (Lite, Pro, Max, Team), with no price change. I went through what's actually confirmed vs what people are already overselling, so here's...

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Zhipu AI Open-Sources GLM-5.2 With 1 Million Token Context

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GLM 5.2 is deployed in GLM Coding Plan. API and MIT weights in a week. Voting and benchmarks on X.

The model now supports a 1M context window and two thinking modes: max and high. z.ai recommends using max for coding. Vote on X What should we prioritize most? Longer context window MIT-licensed...

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AI Stocks Zhipu, MiniMax Slide as Lock-Up Expirations Near
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AI Stocks Zhipu, MiniMax Slide as Lock-Up Expirations Near

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MiniMax once led Zhipu in Hong Kong’s AI stock race. How the tables have turned
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MiniMax once led Zhipu in Hong Kong’s AI stock race. How the tables have turned

Zhipu's valuation now eclipses MiniMax, but looming lock-up tests may unleash volatility in Hong Kong's AI stocks, analysts say When Chinese artificial intelligence developers Zhipu AI and MiniMax ...

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GLM-5.2 Is Here: China’s New AI Coding Model Comes With a 1 Million Token Context Window
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GLM-5.2 Is Here: China’s New AI Coding Model Comes With a 1 Million Token Context Window

by Greek Ai — How to Use GLM-5.2 for Free and Why Developers Are Calling It the Next AI Software Engineer

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AI Roundup — Jun 14: OpenAI probed by state AGs, KPMG's AI report riddled with hallucinations, GLM-5.2 drops with 1M-token context

Quick roundup of the biggest AI stories from the last 24 hours. 1. OpenAI Faces Sweeping Multi-State Investigation A coalition of U.S. state attorneys general, led by New York, served OpenAI with a...

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Not looking good for GLM 5.2 Air... but maybe a flash model?

Unofficial conversation on the official Z.ai Discord. My impression is they are focused on full size (500B+) and flash size (~30B) models right now, and that their turbo model is closer in parameters...

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GLM-5.2: Z.ai lancia il nuovo flagship, 1M di contesto e open source MIT in arrivo
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GLM-5.2: Z.ai lancia il nuovo flagship, 1M di contesto e open source MIT in arrivo

Z.ai ha annunciato oggi GLM-5.2, il nuovo modello flagship della famiglia GLM. È già disponibile per tutti gli utenti del GLM Coding Plan — Lite, Pro, Max e Team — e sarà open source la prossima...

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Zhipu has launched a battle for the right to interpret the digital world

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Zhipu AI Aims to Secure More "Life-Saving Funds" Before Kimi's A-Share Listing

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z.ai Poll on X: MIT-licensed open weights are losing

You can cast your vote here: https://x.com/ZixuanLi_/status/2065646648777416770#m Just to be clear: I am not urging or brigading anyone to vote specifically for MIT-licensed open weights. Please...

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GLM 5.2 released : Bye Kimi K2.7 Code
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GLM 5.2 released : Bye Kimi K2.7 Code

by Mehul Gupta — How to use GLM 5.2?

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GLM 5.2 is out - open weights to be released next week. How did it do on my one-shot Pac-Man test?

Quick initial impressions: - at 70 tok/s slower than GLM 5.1 - seems to spend more time reasoning - better results with my Pac-Man test The one-shot result is almost functional; apart from the ghosts...

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GLM-5.2 next week, open weight, MIT

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Super US-listed IPO reshapes the valuation anchors of MiniMax and Zhipu AI

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Z.ai, we need Air! GLM GGUF wen?

First we never saw an upgraded Air model after 4.5. Then GLM 4.7 Turbo was great, but quickly surpassed for coding. Now GLM 5.1 is a coding beast, but too huge for most to run locally, and even slow...

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Zhipu AI?

Zhipu AI is Zhipu AI (Z.ai) — Beijing-based Chinese AI company spun out of Tsinghua University, maker of the open-weight GLM (General Language Model) family. Rebranded internationally as Z.ai in 2025.

What is Zhipu AI's official website?

Zhipu AI's official website is https://z.ai.

What is the latest news about Zhipu AI?

As of today, there are 124 recent stories about Zhipu AI. Recent headlines include: Zhipu Shares Surge 48% After JPMorgan Raises Price Target; GLM-5.2 Is Here: China’s New AI Coding Model Comes With a 1 Million Token Context Window ; z.ai Poll on X: MIT-licensed open weights are losing. Updated every 15 minutes.

Who works at Zhipu AI?

Notable people at Zhipu AI: Zhang Peng (CEO & Co-founder, Zhipu AI).