A Chinese AI startup is about to hit $1bn in sales while giving its best models away for free
One of China’s leading AI startups is closing in on a milestone the rest of the industry keeps missing. Z.ai, the company behind the GLM models, is set to become the first independent Chinese AI firm with $1bn in annual sales, Bloomberg reports. The claim is a projection, not a booked result. But the trajectory behind […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
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