Z.ai - About the company
Z.ai is an unfunded company based in Beijing (China), founded in 2019 by Li Juanzi and Tang Jie. It operates as a Provider of an AI chat platform for answers and engaging interactions. Z.ai has not raised any funding yet. The company has 796 active competitors, including 77 funded and 11 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Character.ai, Inflection and Replika.
Company Details
Provider of an AI chat platform for answers and engaging interactions. It develops and offers advanced language models for various applications, including text-to-speech, chatbots, and language translation. It delivers a stack of generative AI, conversational agents, multimodal models, and agentic systems.
- Website
- chat.z.ai/
- Email ID
- *****@z.ai
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2019
Location
Beijing, China
Stage
Unfunded
Ranked
61st among 796 active competitors
Employee Count
127 as on Apr 30, 2026
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Z.ai's funding and investors
Z.ai has not raised any funding rounds yet.
Z.ai's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of Z.ai's key team members:
- Li Juanzi: Co-Founder of Z.ai.
- Tang Jie: Co-Founder of Z.ai. Contact Info: 1 email address
- Zhang Peng: CEO of Z.ai.
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Z.ai's employee count trend
Z.ai has 127 employees as of Apr 26. Here is Z.ai's employee count trend over the years:
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Z.ai's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Z.ai include Character.ai, Inflection and Replika. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Z.ai, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Character.ai 2021, Menlo Park (United States), Series A | AI-based conversational solutions provider | $193M | 76/100 | |
2nd | Inflection 2022, Palo Alto (United States), Acquired | Provider of emotionally intelligent artificial intelligence for personal and enterprise use | $1.52B | 71/100 | |
3rd | Replika 2015, San Francisco (United States), Series A | Developer of an artificial intelligence companion for empathetic conversation and support | $11M | 69/100 | |
4th | Merlin 2022, California (United States), Funding Raised | ChatGPT powered chrome extension provider | - | 60/100 | |
5th | WRTN 2021, Seoul (South Korea), Series B | Provider of AI and NLP tools for text-based applications | $104M | 58/100 | |
6th | CampusAI 2023, Lewes (United States), Seed | Generative platform for online education | $15M | 51/100 | |
7th | Claude 2021, San Francisco (United States), Unfunded | AI assistant offering conversations through language modeling | - | - | 51/100 |
8th | Provider of virtual assistant tool for people with speech disabilities | $20M | 50/100 | ||
9th | NinjaTech AI 2022, Palo Alto (United States), Unfunded | AI chatbot for conversational interactions | - | - | 50/100 |
10th | Ario 2022, Palo Alto (United States), Seed | AI personal assistant offering productivity solutions | $16M | 49/100 | |
61st | Provider of an AI chat platform for answers and engaging interactions | - | - | 37/100 |
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Z.ai's Investments and acquisitions
Z.ai has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
News related to Z.ai
Media has covered Z.ai for a total of 16 events in the last 1 year, 8 of them have been about company updates and 3 about partnerships.
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Z.ai Launches GLM 5.2 Open-Weight Model, Aiming for 'Mythos-Class' AI by Early 2027Latestly•Jun 19, 2026•Z.ai
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Zhipu AI Open-Sources Lightweight Model GLM-4.7-Flash, Debuts MLA ArchitecturePandaily•Jan 20, 2026•Z.ai
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China’s Zhipu AI begins trading in HK after $558m IPOTech in Asia•Jan 08, 2026•Z.ai, Qiming Venture Partners
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