Lab profileExited the frontier race

01.AI (零一万物)

Frontier ExitTotem · Sunset numeral

Known for: Kai-Fu Lee's startup that left the frontier-pretraining race; its core team was absorbed into Alibaba, leaving an enterprise/archive footprint.

Founded by Kai-Fu Lee (李开复), incubated by Sinovation Ventures. Exited frontier pre-training Q1 2025.

Founded
2023
Location
Beijing
Yi-34BYi-VLYi-LightningWanzhi
Revenue
Not active race
Frontier exit Q1 2025
via Atlas estimate
ARR
N/A
Archive context; no active frontier revenue signal
via Atlas estimate
Valuation
$1B
$1B+ peak valuation before frontier pre-training exit
Funding raised
$0.3B
~$300M total known funding

News & coverage

Notable recent updates, newest first.

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CommentaryAug 10, 2026
01.AI

01.AI (Chinese: 零一万物) shuts down its consumer-facing large model platform to pivot to enterprise AI solutions.

01.AI (Chinese: 零一万物)'s large model open platform will gradually stop providing online experience, API calls, and recharge services
InterviewAug 9, 2026
01.AI

Kai-Fu Lee of 01.AI (Chinese: 零一万物) argues that human creativity and empathy are irreplaceable by AI, urging people to pursue fields without data.

Kai-Fu Lee: Human Advantage in the AI Era Lies in the 'Right Brain,' Capable of Doing What Data Cannot Predict
FundingJul 20, 2026
01.AI

Kai-Fu Lee's 01.AI (Chinese: 零一万物) reportedly starts a new funding round and plans 2027 IPO.

01.AI (Chinese: 零一万物) reportedly starts new funding round, plans IPO by 2027
ProductJul 7, 2026
01.AI

01.AI (Chinese: 零一万物) launched four enterprise AI products including a decision-making platform and three role-based apps, reporting a 5x order volume increase.

01.AI (Chinese: 零一万物) Launches 4 Enterprise AI Products, Orders Surge 5x; Kai-Fu Lee: We're Different from Palantir
Strategic investmentMay 29, 2026
01.AI

01.AI (Chinese: 零一万物)'s Kai-Fu Lee positions the lab as 'China's Palantir' and targets a profitable quarter by 2026.

Kai-Fu Lee tells staff 01.AI (Chinese: 零一万物) will emulate Palantir and become China's first AI 2.0 company to break even
PartnershipMay 26, 2026
01.AI

01.AI (Chinese: 01.AI) wins a ¥150M AI contract from an unnamed client.

01.AI (Chinese: 零一万物) Lands ¥150M AI Contract