After ChatGPT Shipped, Zhipu Already Had a Comparable Model Training — 130 Rivals Followed
ccerrato147 · x · 2026-11-09
Three weeks after ChatGPT shipped, Zhipu already had a comparable model in training and finished a chatbot over the Lunar New Year holiday. Investors had been unimpressed — one demanded the valuation be halved — before the money arrived and 130+ rivals emerged.
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