Zhipu AI Completes B-4 Round Financing with Investments from Tencent and Alibaba

Data to be translated: Zhipu AI recently completed its Series B-4 funding round, with participation from internet giants such as Tencent and Alibaba, raising approximately $1 billion. Zhipu AI originates from the technological achievements of the Computer Science Department at Tsinghua University, dedicated to creating a new generation of cognitive intelligence general models. The company has also launched the cognitive large model platform Bigmodel.ai, providing users with intelligent API services. Translated HTML content: Zhipu AI recently completed its Series B-4 funding round, with participation from internet giants such as Tencent and Alibaba, raising approximately $1 billion. Zhipu AI originates from the technological achievements of the Computer Science Department at Tsinghua University, dedicated to creating a new generation of cognitive intelligence general models. The company has also launched the cognitive large model platform Bigmodel.ai, providing users with intelligent API services.

Tencent WorkBuddy is natively adapted to Galaxy Kylin and UnionTech UOS, achieving full coverage of mainstream domestic operating systems

On September 3, Tencent's AI intelligent agent workstation WorkBuddy was launched on Galaxy Kylin and UnionTech UOS, and was listed on the official application stores of both systems as well as the openKylin and deepin community stores. Users can install it with one click, and new users will receive 2000 points. This adaptation was achieved through joint efforts by the team and domestic system manufacturers, focusing on core functions such as system login integration, device connectivity, skill invocation, and result preview, with in-depth optimization.

Tencent's Large Model Iteration Speeds Up, Hunyuan Hy4 Preview Version Doubles Its Parameter Scale, and Morgan Stanley Raises Target to HKD 550

Tencent released the Hunyuan Hy4 preview, ahead of Morgan Stanley's expected September, fulfilling its year-end debut promise. Since Yao Shunyu joined in Q4 2025, model updates accelerated: Hy3 preview in April, official in July, and now Hy4 preview early; the Q4 official Hy4 is likely to arrive sooner.....

Tencent Hunyuan Hy4 Preview Open Source: 770B Parameters, Million-Context, Standing at the Forefront of Open Source

Tencent releases Hunyuan Hy4 preview open-source model: 770B total/49B active params, 1M context. Official: pretraining & post-training co-advance, top open-source tier. Live on HuggingFace, GitHub, ModelScope, Gitcode; integrated with Tencent Cloud TokenHub & OpenRouter. Blind tests beat GLM-5.3 & Kimi K3 in productivity.....

Alibaba Launches New Qoder: Upgraded from AI Programming Tool to Intelligent Agent Workstation for Everyone

Alibaba launched Qoder, upgrading its AI coding IDE into an agent workbench centered on coding. Users state goals in natural language; it understands context, plans, calls tools, executes and verifies, with visibility, adjustment or takeover throughout. In one year, over 6M users and 100K enterprises. The new version reflects three collaboration paradigm shifts.....

Tang Daosheng Responds to Tencent AI's Slowness in an Internal Post: Competition is a Marathon, Longevity Matters More Than Being Early

Tencent executive Tang Daosheng responded to the claim that Tencent is behind in AI, stating that the article was co-written with AI. He admitted that competitors have strong ToB presence and limited computing power has hindered the iteration of Hunyuan. There is anxiety within the company, but he believes AI has evolved from an execution tool into a partner for assisting thinking, emphasizing a long-term approach to challenges.