# Z.ai

> Z.ai is a VC fund in Haidian backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Haidian, China
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 44%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zdotai
- Website: https://x.com/zai_org

Z.ai is a VC fund in Haidian focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Z.ai develops artificial intelligence models and services built upon large-scale pretrained architectures. The company offers ChatGLM, a dialogue-focused language model series designed for smooth conversation and easy integration. It also provides Ying, a text-to-video model capable of generating short video clips from text or images, and AutoGLM,a voice-driven AI agent that performs smartphone tasks based on complex user instructions. Z.ai supports integration through an API platform and offers migration assistance for developers moving from other AI ecosystems. The company’s technology stems from research at Tsinghua University’s KEG lab and emphasizes general-purpose cognitive intelligence models.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Z.ai. Shizune tracks 5 team members at Z.ai. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/zdotai?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$14M |
| Angel | $14M–$23M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 11 | 61% |
| Software | 4 | 22% |
| Robotics | 3 | 17% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 11% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 11% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 44% |
| Angel | 2 | 11% |
| Series A | 2 | 11% |
| Series B | 2 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 11% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Li Juanzi | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/li-juanzi |
| Sebastian Ma | APAC GTM Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sebastian-ma |
| Tang Jie | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tang-jie-fe3f |
| Wang Pu | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wang-pu |
| Yunhua Hu | Head of ChatGLM | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yunhua-hu-d7b0 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Yuxun Networks | Yuxun Networks focuses on providing comprehensive full lifecycle solutions for intelligent computing networks, offering technologies and services that support network planning, deployment, management, optimization, and maintenance to enable efficient, secure, and scalable AI computing infrastructure. |  | Corporate Round | Jul 16, 2026 |  |
| Force Inspiration | Force Inspiration is a start-up focusing on embodied intelligence technology. The company mainly engages in technology development, technical consulting, software development, basic artificial intelligence software development, information system integration services, intelligent robot research and development and sales, and industrial robotmanufacturing and sales. |  | Series B | Jun 05, 2026 |  |
| Haizhi Wangju Internet Technology | BDP (Business Data Platform) by a sea of production. Sea of ​​co-founded by former Baidu founding team members and executives, core team members from Baidu, Microsoft, IBM, EMC, Silicon Valley veteran Internet and IT experts, has received a number of top venture capital co-investment fund. | $15M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 05, 2026 |  |
| Zhizai Wujie | Zhizai Wujie is a robotics company that specializes in research, development, and application of humanoid robots. |  | Seed | Jun 16, 2025 |  |
| PowerEasy Technology | Dynamic Technology is a software developer specializing in artificial intelligence, focusing on the research and development of intelligent robots and the sales of industrial robots. | $13.7M | Angel | Apr 17, 2025 |  |
| Amio Robotics | Amio Robotics focus on developing robot applications in commercial scenarios. | $13.8M | Seed | Mar 10, 2025 |  |
| Approaching.AI | Approaching.AI is an AI Infra company focusing on the important large model application scenarios such as RAG. |  | Seed | Feb 27, 2025 |  |
| Qifasuan | Qifasuan is a technology company specializing in AI-driven pet health solutions. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 06, 2025 |  |
| Color Intelligence Technology | Color Intelligence Technology is an artificial intelligence services provider company.Color Intelligence Technology created the first full-scale universal industry knowledge model and data service cloud - "Shenzhi Intelligence". |  | Seed | Nov 13, 2024 |  |
| Juexin Biotech | Juexin Biotech utilizes intelligent visual imaging solution and multi-modal large model for AI health analysis and precise nutrition and health management solutions. | $1.4M | Series A | Aug 23, 2024 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Zhipu AI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zhipu-ai) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [Qiming Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qiming-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Tsinghua Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tsinghua-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [HSG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hsg-cap) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ShengJing360](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shengjing360) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [360](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/360-1758) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Z.ai invest in?

Z.ai invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Robotics startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Z.ai's check size?

Z.ai typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$14M at Seed and $14M–$23M at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Z.ai participates in.

### How do I contact Z.ai?

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### Who are the partners at Z.ai?

The team at Z.ai includes Li Juanzi (Founder), Sebastian Ma (APAC GTM Director) and Tang Jie (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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