Zhihui: The Chinese Company Most Similar to OpenAI in Large Models


TikTok has recently established a new primary AI department, focusing on large model data and security construction, led by Wang Yinglei, and is parallel to core businesses such as Seed, Flow, and Douyin. The department was previously the Global Data team formed in 2023, marking another key move by TikTok in the AI field, following Seed and Flow.
DeepSeek has launched a dedicated WeChat account for its Harness team, signaling the imminent release of Harness products. Harness is a core engineering system enabling large models to operate, offering tool calling, task planning, and execution scheduling, essential for AI agent development.....
River AI, founded by ex-OpenAI researcher Igor Babuschkin two months ago, raised a $1.1B seed and Series A round led by General Catalyst and AMP PBC, with Nvidia, AMD, YC, Temasek participating. Emerged in June, it aims to reshape AI's foundational logic.....
ByteDance forms new first-level division 'AI Data and Security', parallel to Seed, Flow, Douyin, led by Wang Yinglei (ex-TikTok Live head). It stems from Fu Yue’s ~100-person Global Data team (2023) and merges DMC, AIDP. ByteDance has no comment.....
Zhipu AI's coding tool ZCode gets a major update with four core features: Goal Mode, Subagents, remote control, and idle tasks, advancing from assisted coding to autonomous delivery. Deeply integrated with GLM, it also resets user quotas and offers limited-time perks to enhance developer experience.....