China's Zhipu increases premium AI access prices following industry trend

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Jonathan Kitchen

* Zhipu has increased the price of access to its most advanced AI model by at least 8%, joining other leading Chinese AI firms in seeking returns on years of research and heavy computing investment.
* The Beijing-headquartered company released its latest open source model GLM-5.1 this week, according to reports. It set prices for cloud-based usage — for instance, input tokens—between 8% and 17% higher roughly than for its older GLM-5 Turbo, according to official pricing [https://openrouter.ai/provider/z-ai] on OpenRouter. That’s at least the second time the company, which debuted in Hong Kong in January, has raised prices for users in 2026, _Bloomberg _reported.
* One of the leading players in China's crowded artificial intelligence sector, Zhipu AI, reported revenue growth of 132% for 2025 in its first results update since raising ​HK$4.35 billion ($554.9 million) in a January listing. It's also a primary competitor to OpenAI (OPENAI [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/OPENAI])

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