US EditionZ.ai Releases GLM-4.5, Setting New Standards for AI Performance and Accessibility While Improving Affordability
CHINA, JUL 28 – GLM-4.5 ranks third globally on 12 benchmarks and offers open-source access with hybrid reasoning, targeting competition with Western AI firms and fostering global developer adoption.
- On July 28, 2025, Beijing-based AI startup Z.ai, which was previously named Zhipu, unveiled its open-source large language model GLM-4.5.
- The release follows Z.ai's strategic focus since 2019 on open-sourcing models with Mixture of Experts architecture to provide affordable, high-performance AI amid global competition.
- GLM-4.5, with 355 billion parameters, integrates reasoning, coding, and agent capabilities evaluated across 12 benchmarks where it ranked third worldwide and first domestically among open-source models.
- The model supports hybrid reasoning, runs at speeds exceeding 100 tokens per second, costs as low as USD 0.11 per million tokens, and is available with full open-source licensing on APIs and platforms like HuggingFace.
- GLM-4.5's launch exemplifies China's growing AI capability with implications for global AI dynamics, potentially fueling innovation while raising privacy and data control concerns in Western markets.
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Z.ai Releases GLM-4.5, Setting New Standards for AI Performance and Accessibility While Improving Affordability
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Not long after OpenAI’s public admission of its growing influence, Chinese AI startup Zhipu AI is stepping up to the global stage. On Monday, the Beijing-based startup launched its latest open-source large language model, GLM-4.5—aimed at challenging the dominance of […] The post China’s AI startup Zhipu releases open-source GLM-4.5 to challenge OpenAI, rebrands as Z.ai first appeared on Tech Startups.
Not only is it cheap, China's new AI model is offered as open source, allowing developers to download and use it for free.
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