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Z.ai

Z.ai builds the GLM large language models and sells model access through a developer API platform.

Beijing, CN🇨🇳
Founded
2019
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Z.ai is an artificial intelligence research company that develops the GLM family of large language models and makes them available to developers and enterprises through a hosted model API. Its platform publishes flagship and lower-cost Flash model tiers, alongside tooling for streaming responses, function calling, vision input, fine-tuning, and coding workloads.

The company also distributes its models outside the API, operating the Z.ai chat and agent application, the ZCode coding application, and agent frameworks including AutoGLM, and it has released trained GLM weights under permissive open-source licences. Its published product line spans conversational, reasoning, code-generation, image, and video model families served from the same platform that supports its enterprise customers.

Z.ai - M & A Snapshot

Open M & A
  • XCore Sigma

    Acquired by Z.ai • CN¥292M • Jun 1, 2026

  • Lingxin Intelligence

    Acquired by Z.ai • Undisclosed • Sep 22, 2023

Z.ai - Products & Services

  • ZCode logo

    ZCode

    Z.ai's desktop agentic coding application for macOS, Windows, and Linux, built around its GLM models.

    Competing Products

    Tabnine logo
    Cursor logo
    GitHub logo
  • GLM Coding Plan logo

    GLM Coding Plan

    Subscription giving developers weekly-credit access to Z.ai's GLM models inside third-party AI coding tools.

    Competing Products

    Cursor logo
    Anthropic logo
    GitHub logo
  • Z.ai Chat logo

    Z.ai Chat

    Z.ai's consumer AI chat assistant and agent for conversation, coding, and long-horizon tasks.

    Competing Products

    OpenAI logo
    Anthropic logo
    Alphabet logo
  • GLM Model API logo

    GLM Model API

    GLM Model API is Z.ai's developer platform for calling its GLM large language models and agent services over an API.

    Competing Products

    DeepSeek logo
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    Alibaba Group logo

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Z.ai - Quick Facts

Who are Z.ai's competitors?

Companies similar to Z.ai include Tabnine, GitHub, Cursor and Anthropic.

When was Z.ai founded?

Z.ai was founded in 2019.

Where is Z.ai's headquarters located?

Z.ai's headquarters is located in Beijing, CN.

When was Z.ai's last funding round?

Z.ai's most recent funding round was for CN¥20.1B (CNY) in September 2026.

How much disclosed funding has Z.ai raised?

As of Sep 13, 2026, Z.ai has disclosed funding of $10.8B (USD). Undisclosed round amounts are excluded.

How many employees does Z.ai have?

Z.ai has 981 employees as of Dec 31, 2025.

Z.ai - Classification

Industry
  • Artificial Intelligence
Ownership
  • Public
Technology
  • Natural Language Processing
Geographic Exposure
  • China Asia
Model
  • Research Lab
Revenue
  • Usage-based
Customer
  • Enterprise
Tags
  • AI
  • Enterprise Software
  • Foundation Model
  • Machine Learning
Ticker
  • KATJF
  • KNWAY
SEC CIK
  • 0002109545