All Teams: 12
DeepSeek
Hangzhou · est. 2023
Imagine OpenAI's frontier reasoning capabilities fused with Mistral's lean, open source efficiency; DeepSeek shocked the global tech establishment by proving you don't need a massive $10B Nvidia GPU cluster to build a state of the art LLM, single handedly commoditizing AI compute.
Zhipu AI
Beijing · est. 2019
Operating as the Anthropic of China, Zhipu AI is the deeply academic, state backed AI unicorn that acts as the default Model as a Service provider for China's massive state owned enterprises and Fortune 500 equivalent corporations.
iFlytek
Hefei · est. 1999
iFlytek is the undisputed voice of the Chinese internet; it holds a near monopoly on Chinese speech recognition and translation, utilizing this data moat to become the dominant provider of AI driven education and healthcare tools for the state.
MiniMax
Shanghai · est. 2021
A fusion of Character.ai's roleplay engagement and Midjourney's creative generation, MiniMax is China's most vibrant consumer AI startup, building emotionally intelligent digital companions and AI video tools for the TikTok generation.
Moonshot AI
Beijing · est. 2023
Operating like the Chinese equivalent of Perplexity mixed with Google Gemini's long context window, Moonshot AI built Kimi, a consumer chatbot beloved by professionals for its ability to digest and analyze massive 2-million word documents instantly.
Fourth Paradigm
Beijing · est. 2014
Fourth Paradigm is the 'Decision AI' king for Chinas industrial giants; while others focus on chatbots, it sells the AutoML (Automated Machine Learning) systems that allow banks, energy grids, and retailers to automate their core business logic and risk management.
SenseTime
Hong Kong / Shanghai · est. 2014
SenseTime is Chinas pioneer of computer vision; having pivoted from facial recognition for smart cities to generative AI infrastructure, it operates one of Asias largest AI supercomputing clusters to sell Model as a Service to the state and enterprise.
Qwen
Hangzhou · est. 2023
Qwen is the cornerstone of Alibabas AI first turnaround; by open sourcing its frontier models to win developer mindshare, it acts as the primary lead generation engine for Alibaba Cloud, converting AI interest into massive compute revenue.
Doubao
Beijing · est. 2023
Doubao is the consumer AI king of China; leveraging ByteDances legendary algorithmic DNA, it surpassed 150 million weekly active users by pivoting from a text bot into an emotionally intelligent 'Life Companion' and world class video generator.
Longcat
Beijing · est. 2024
Longcat is the 'Blue Collar AI' that connects the digital and physical worlds; while others build poets, Meituan built a reasoning engine designed to optimize millions of delivery routes and power a fleet of autonomous city delivery robots.
ERNIE
Beijing · est. 2019
ERNIE is the enterprise workhorse of Chinese AI; by building the first credible domestic rival to ChatGPT, Baidu secured its position as the primary 'SaaS to MaaS' transition partner for Chinas state owned banks and industrial giants.
Hunyuan
Shenzhen · est. 2022
Hunyuan is the 'Social Brain' of the WeChat ecosystem; Tencent avoided the early hype cycle to methodically build a model that now automates ad creative for millions of merchants and provides 3D generation tools for the worlds largest gaming empire.
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DeepSeek
Revenue undisclosedDeepSeek's release of the R1 reasoning model in early 2025 was a Sputnik moment for Silicon Valley. It proved that US export controls on advanced semiconductors could not stop Chinese AI progress, forcing a complete recalibration of global AI valuations and cementing DeepSeek as the most disruptive AI lab on earth.
Zhipu AI
Revenue undisclosedAs Chinese enterprises move from testing AI to deploying AI, Zhipu is winning the massive B2B procurement contracts. They recently launched highly advanced video generation models and autonomous AI agents capable of operating web browsers, directly challenging Western enterprise AI workflows.
iFlytek
$3.2BFY2024iFlytek is the primary beneficiary of Chinas push for AI in public services. In 2025, its Spark Large Model achieved top tier status in domestic benchmarks, and the company is aggressively replacing Western software in Chinas state owned medical and educational sectors.
MiniMax
Revenue undisclosedBacked heavily by Tencent and Alibaba, MiniMax recently launched its abab6 and abab7 series of MoE models. By combining state of the art video generation with highly addictive companion chatbots, they are capturing the absolute highest engagement segment of the AI market.