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Z.ai

AI infra comparison — funding, valuation, and investors, sourced from Value Add Pulse coverage.

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Nous Research

Nous Research builds open-source AI models and agents, including the Hermes model family and agent, for decentralized and open AI infrastructure.

1 Pulse story
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Z.ai

Z.ai (formerly Zhipu AI) is a Beijing-based AI lab developing the GLM family of large language models and agentic developer tools like ZCode.

3 Pulse stories
Total Raised
$125M
Nous ResearchZ.ai
Last Valuation
$1.5B
Nous ResearchZ.ai
AI infra
Sector
AI infra
2023
Founded
2019
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HQ
Beijing, China
Private
Status
Public (2513.HK)
Nous Research investors
ParadigmRobot VenturesUSVNorth Island VenturesDelphi VenturesOSS CapitalBalaji Srinivasan
Z.ai investors
AlibabaTencentAnt GroupMeituanXiaomiHillhouseQiming Venture PartnersProsperity7 Ventures

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