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# Zhipu AI
## Held through 1 documented hop to Alibaba; 1 supply-chain edge and directly named on 1 export-control designation on the record

Everything below is drawn from what the record has for this organisation: its documented parents, the constraints that reach it, and the relationships and sites recorded against it. Each claim shows its source on the same line, and a blank means the record holds nothing.

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supply-chain edges · 0 upstream, 1 downstream

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tracked facilities operated

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export-control designations reaching it · 1 direct, 0 by closure

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sovereign LP commitments reaching it

Scrutica id

org-zhipu-ai

Legal name · 4Z.ai (Zhipu AI) · Zhipu · Zhipu AI · Zhipu Huazhang Technology

Ticker · 1智谱AI

Local-language renderings · 2beijing zhipu huazhang keji youxian gongsi · Beijing Zhipu Huazhang Technology Co., Ltd.

Other · 2GLM Team · Z.ai

### Chain of title

Each hop names its data source, source URL (where one exists), as-of date, and confidence label on the same line as the parent name. When two sources name different parents for the same hop, both render as alternates; the walker picks no winner.

1.  1.
    
    Zhipu AI (CN)
    
    Starting entity. The walker climbs from here through documented parent / subsidiary edges.
    
2.  2.
    
    [Alibaba](/companies/org-alibaba) (CN)BABA · CIK 1577552 · LEI 5493001NTNQJDH60PM02
    
    Per [Scrutica research synthesis (public sources)](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-20/alibaba-tencent-join-big-backers-for-chinese-ai-startup-zhipu), as-of date not recorded (HIGHtier 3): Alibaba is the documented parent.
    
    Alternate parent claimed by other sources
    
    [Ant Group](/companies/org-ant-group)
    
    Per [Scrutica research synthesis (public sources)](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-20/alibaba-tencent-join-big-backers-for-chinese-ai-startup-zhipu), as-of date not recorded (HIGHtier 3): Ant Group is the documented parent.
    
    [Tencent Holdings Ltd.](/companies/org-tencent)
    
    Per [Scrutica research synthesis (public sources)](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-20/alibaba-tencent-join-big-backers-for-chinese-ai-startup-zhipu), as-of date not recorded (HIGHtier 3): Tencent Holdings Ltd. is the documented parent.
    
    [org-meituan-inc](/companies/org-meituan-inc)
    
    Per [Scrutica research synthesis (public sources)](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-20/alibaba-tencent-join-big-backers-for-chinese-ai-startup-zhipu), as-of date not recorded (HIGHtier 3): org-meituan-inc is the documented parent.
    
    Upstream from org-meituan-inc
    
    1.  ⤷
        
        [Long-Z Investments](/companies/org-long-z-investments) (CN)
        
        Per [Scrutica research synthesis (public sources)](https://www.meituan.com/), as-of date not recorded (HIGHtier 3): Long-Z Investments is the documented parent.
        
    
    Branch terminus: documented terminus at Long-Z Investments.
    
    [Xiaomi Corporation](/companies/org-xiaomi)
    
    Per [Scrutica research synthesis (public sources)](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-20/alibaba-tencent-join-big-backers-for-chinese-ai-startup-zhipu), as-of date not recorded (MEDIUMtier 3): Xiaomi Corporation is the documented parent.
    
    Upstream from Xiaomi Corporation
    
    1.  ⤷
        
        [Smart Mobile Holdings Limited](/companies/org-smart-mobile-holdings-limited) (VG)LEI 875500MW7C1YNGOVMT56
        
        Per [HKEX / SSE public filing](https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2026/0428/2026042800526.pdf), as-of date not recorded (HIGHtier 1): Smart Mobile Holdings Limited is the documented parent.
        
    2.  ⤷
        
        [Sunrise Vision Holdings Limited](/companies/org-sunrise-vision-holdings-limited) (VG)
        
        Per [HKEX / SSE public filing](https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2026/0428/2026042800526.pdf), as-of date not recorded (HIGHtier 1): Sunrise Vision Holdings Limited is the documented parent.
        
    3.  ⤷
        
        [Parkway Global Holdings Limited](/companies/org-parkway-global-holdings-limited) (VG)
        
        Per [HKEX / SSE public filing](https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2026/0428/2026042800526.pdf), as-of date not recorded (HIGHtier 1): Parkway Global Holdings Limited is the documented parent.
        
    4.  ⤷
        
        [ARK Trust (Hong Kong) Limited](/companies/org-ark-trust-hk) (HK)LEI 254900WIPCVVNZ99H962trust intermediate
        
        Per [HKEX / SSE public filing](https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2026/0428/2026042800526.pdf), as-of date not recorded (HIGHtier 1): ARK Trust (Hong Kong) Limited is the documented parent.
        
    
    Branch terminus: documented terminus at ARK Trust (Hong Kong) Limited.
    
    [HongShan Capital Group](/companies/org-hongshan-capital-group)
    
    Per [Scrutica research synthesis (public sources)](https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3238698/alibaba-tencent-and-other-major-chinese-backers-invest-us342-million-start-zhipu-ai-tech-sector-sees), as-of date not recorded (MEDIUMtier 3): HongShan Capital Group is the documented parent.
    
    [GL Ventures](/companies/org-gl-ventures)
    
    Per [Scrutica research synthesis (public sources)](https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3238698/alibaba-tencent-and-other-major-chinese-backers-invest-us342-million-start-zhipu-ai-tech-sector-sees), as-of date not recorded (MEDIUMtier 3): GL Ventures is the documented parent.
    
    [Beijing Zhongguancun Science City Innovation Development](/companies/org-beijing-zhongguancun-science-city-innovation-development)
    
    Per [Scrutica research synthesis (public sources)](https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3285158/chinese-ai-unicorn-zhipu-adds-beijing-shenzhen-government-funds-shareholders), as-of date not recorded (MEDIUMtier 3): Beijing Zhongguancun Science City Innovation Development is the documented parent.
    
    [Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund](/companies/org-beijing-ai-industry-investment-fund)
    
    Per [Scrutica research synthesis (public sources)](https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3285158/chinese-ai-unicorn-zhipu-adds-beijing-shenzhen-government-funds-shareholders), as-of date not recorded (MEDIUMtier 3): Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund is the documented parent.
    
    [Prosperity7 Ventures](/companies/org-prosperity7-ventures)
    
    Per [Scrutica research synthesis (public sources)](https://www.caproasia.com/2025/04/15/china-artificial-intelligence-startup-zhipu-ai-pre-files-for-ipo-raised-1-4-billion-in-funding-since-founding-2023-valuation-at-2-8-billion-investors-include-alibaba-ant-group-tencent-meituan/), as-of date not recorded (MEDIUMtier 3): Prosperity7 Ventures is the documented parent.
    
    Upstream from Prosperity7 Ventures
    
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        [Saudi Aramco](/companies/org-saudi-aramco) (SA)
        
        Per [Scrutica research synthesis (public sources)](https://www.prosperity7.com/), as-of date not recorded (HIGHtier 3): Saudi Aramco is the documented parent.
        
    
    Branch terminus: documented terminus at Saudi Aramco.
    
    [Tsinghua University](/companies/org-tsinghua-university)
    
    Per [Scrutica research synthesis (public sources)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhipu_AI), as-of date not recorded (LOWtier 3): Tsinghua University is the documented parent.
    
    Sources disagree on this hop. Both records render with their citations; pick whichever your work calls for.
    

Chain terminus

[Chain-of-title](/methodology#chain-of-title-walk) terminates at **[Alibaba](/companies/org-alibaba)** (BABA · CIK 1577552 · LEI 5493001NTNQJDH60PM02). No further parent is documented. For a public filer that means ultimate beneficial ownership is the dispersed float; for a state-linked entity, that the chain has reached the sovereign apex.

Chain visualization

A visual companion to the walk beside it; the chain-of-title list is the citable artifact.

1.  Zhipu AI (CN)
    
2.  Alibaba (CN)
    
    Scrutica research synthesis (public sources) · HIGH · 10 alternates
    

### Export-control designation reach

Directly named on 1 designation (authority tier 1).

-   [Beijing Zhipu Huazhang Technology Co., Ltd.](/export-controls "Beijing Zhipu Huazhang Technology Co., Ltd. in the export-control cross-reference")Direct
    
    entity\_list · CN · designated 2025-01-16
    
    Federal Register: [90 FR 4617](/export-controls/changes#fr-90-4617 "90 FR 4617 in the Entity List change log")
    
    Direct designation HIGH confidence · tier 1
    

### Suppliers and customers

Dollar flows are annual figures from the fiscal year labelled on the row, drawn from SEC segment and >10%-customer disclosures, re-derived company disclosures, or a licensed supply-chain database; per-row source and authority tier on hover. A row without a year means the source does not state the period. Disclosures older than 5 years are tagged _historical_ and ordered below current rows: they record what was disclosed then, and the counterparty may since have been acquired or dissolved. The 3-month Pearson r comes from a licensed supply-chain database; correlation is a coupling proxy for shared market sensitivity, and it is not a causal channel. Sole-source edges are flagged inline.

Upstream Suppliers · 0

Downstream Customers · 1

-   [SoftBank Group Corp.](/companies/org-softbank)
    
    Licensed supply-chain database
    

[Explore full supply chain graph →](/supply-chain?org=org-zhipu-ai)

### Follow Zhipu AI into the analysis

The records above join to the platform's analytical surfaces. Each link takes Zhipu AI's own numbers into the tool that acts on them.

-   [Walk Zhipu AI's 1 supply-chain edge in the graph→
    
    0 upstream · 1 downstream. The interactive graph opens with Zhipu AI selected, and the cascade simulator propagates seed disruptions across this same edge set, weighted by the curator's substitutability assessment.
    
    ](/supply-chain?org=org-zhipu-ai)
-   [Pre-score the supply-chain impact of Zhipu AI's designation→
    
    The pre-scorer walks the designation outward through the affiliate graph and estimates the reach across the compute supply chain before an addition lands.
    
    ](/export-controls/impact?entity=org-zhipu-ai&type=BIS_ENTITY_LIST)
-   [Zhipu AI's home jurisdiction: the CN compute profile→
    
    Facilities, sovereign-AI programs, export-control posture, and the announced-versus-deployed reality gap for the country.
    
    ](/country/cn)

Source coverage

Licensed sources do reach Zhipu AI: the supply relationships above are drawn from a licensed supply-chain database. What is missing is one specific feed: the corporate-financials extract behind this profile (geographic revenue, segment mix, capital allocation), which is built from listed-company disclosures; Zhipu AI has no listing or filer identifier, so there is no row for it to load. The public industry classification (SIC, NAICS) is absent as well. Coverage rules in the [methodology](/methodology#licensed-substrate).