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Latest round
Series D
Apr 2026 · 6 mo ago
The money's age
Fresh money
6 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
35/100
in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Apr 7 Raised a round Series D Dec 23, 2025 Raised a round Series C 2022 Founded
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top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
GitHub stars
87 public repositories
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Series D Apr 2026 — — 投资界
Series C Dec 2025 — — 投资界
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Overview

ModelBest is a Chinese artificial intelligence company founded in 2022 with roots in Tsinghua University research on large models. It develops the MiniCPM family of compact open models designed to run on phones, vehicles and other devices rather than in data centres. The company argues that efficient small models will carry much of real-world AI deployment.

News

News SCMPNews 2 months ago
Chinese AI start-up ModelBest kicks off pre-IPO tutoring process on mainland
Company says it has hired Citic Securities to guide pre-listing preparation but has not announced further details of plans.
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Beijing China
HQ

Financials

Latest round
Series D
Funding rounds
2
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Series D 2026 — Details
Series C 2025 — Details