Zhipu AI Shifts to Long-Term Research Post-Funding
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-07-13
The reposted content mentions that after recently completing a massive funding round, Zhipu's founder sent an internal letter to employees stating the company will deprioritize commercialization to focus more on long-range tasks, agentic systems, and "self-evolving" research.
The original post emphasizes that the author believes the path to AGI/ASI still requires massive compute, an area where China still significantly lags behind the US. It also discusses the company's valuation and long-term potential, suggesting that even with a high current PE ratio, it might take much longer to validate.
Related event: Zhipu's Tang Jie Internal Memo Leaks: Going All-in on AGI(8 posts)→
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