The rise of DeepSeek and other Chinese AI startups is driving the global technology market. With a low-cost model and without relying on more advanced chips, the company surprised the industry by recently launching the Janus Pro, a multi-mode model comparable to the DALL·E 3 fromOpenAI.
Top AI Startups in China:
Zhipu AI – In addition to chatbots, it developed Ying, a video generation model similar to OpenAI's Sora;
MiniMax – Creator of the Talkie chatbot, now betting on open source models that promise to compete with the best from OpenAI and Anthropic;
Moonshot AI – With 13 million users, it challenges giants like GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet;
StepFun – Valued at US$2B, the company is already among the 10 best AI models in the world, with support from Tencent and the Shanghai government.
The race for AI leadership is fiercer than ever, and China is emerging as one of the biggest players in the sector.