DeepSeek competitors — companies like DeepSeek in China AI Labs

MiniMax is a Shanghai-based foundation-model lab behind the ABAB language models and the Hailuo video and audio generators.

Moonshot AI is a Beijing foundation-model lab behind the Kimi chatbot and the open-weight Kimi K2 model family.

StepFun is a Shanghai multimodal foundation-model lab founded by ex-Microsoft executive Jiang Daxin, behind the Step model family.

Zhipu AI is a Tsinghua-incubated Chinese large-model developer behind the GLM family and the Z.ai platform.