🇨🇳 Chinese AI Companies

Zhipu AI

Chinese AI lab developing the GLM model family. International brand: Z.ai. Develops GLM series including open-weight releases (GLM-4, GLM-5.2) and the coding-focused GLM-5.3.

Tencent

Tech conglomerate developing Hunyuan models and consumer AI apps (Yuanbao, Tencent AI Search). Also operates Tencent Cloud with CodeBuddy coding assistant.

Alibaba Cloud

Cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group; develops the Qwen model family and operates AI platforms including Model Studio (QwenCloud), QwenWork, and Tongyi Lingma.

ByteDance

Parent of TikTok; develops Doubao/Seed models via Volcano Engine (domestic) and BytePlus ModelArk (international). Also develops consumer apps Jimeng AI, Doubao, and developer tools.

Baidu

Chinese search giant developing ERNIE models and the Miaoda no-code application platform. API available via Baidu AI Cloud (Qianfan).

DeepSeek

Chinese AI company founded by High-Flyer Capital, known for open-weight LLMs (DeepSeek-R1, DeepSeek-V3) and low-cost APIs. The AI brand is DeepSeek; High-Flyer Capital is the parent entity.

iFlytek

Speech and AI technology leader developing Spark models and consumer apps. API available via iFlytek Open Platform.

Kuaishou Technology

HKEX-listed short-video platform (1024.HK); develops Kling AI video generation models. Operates internationally via Singapore entity Kling AI Pte. Ltd.

Xiaomi

Consumer electronics and AI company developing MiMo models and the Miaobi productivity tool. Open-weight releases under MIT license.

Kunlun Tech

Develops Mureka music/audio AI generation platform.

SenseTime

AI software company developing SenseNova models and AI infrastructure.

MiniMax

Shanghai-based AI unicorn developing Hailuo AI consumer products and the MiniMax model family (text, speech, multimodal). API available via platform.minimax.io.

Tencent Cloud

Tencent Cloud division; develops CodeBuddy AI coding assistant (IDE/CLI/Plugin).

Ant Group

Alibaba affiliate; develops LingGuang multimodal AI assistant with code-driven outputs and Flash Apps. Also operates Alipay and financial services.

Moonshot AI

Beijing-based AI startup developing the Kimi chatbot and long-context models. Known for 1M+ token context windows and the open-weight Kimi-K2/Kimi-K3 releases.

ShengShu Technology

Tsinghua-affiliated AI company developing Vidu video generation models. API available via platform.vidu.com and integrated into Alibaba Cloud Model Studio.

StepFun

AI startup developing Step series models including Step-3.5-Flash.

Huawei

Telecom and tech giant developing Pangu models. openPangu 2.0 Pro released under MIT license.