AIDbThe AI Database — IMDb for AI Models

GLM-5

Zhipu AI · 2026 · LLM · China

GLM-5 floppy-disk dossier card

Open in the interactive archive →

Overview

Z.ai (formerly Zhipu AI) flagship MoE (~744B params, 40B active, 200K context). First open-weights model to reach 50 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. Trained on 100,000 Huawei Ascend 910B chips - no Nvidia hardware. Weights on Hugging Face (zai-org/GLM-5).

Details

Vendor
Zhipu AI
Type
LLM
Release year
2026
Jurisdiction
China
CEO
Zhang Peng
Key staffers
Zhang Peng (CEO), Tang Jie (Tsinghua University spin-off)
Deployment
Cloud + Local (open weights, MIT license)
Open source
Yes
Free tier
Yes
Subscription
Zhipu BigModel API; GLM Coding Plan subscription
Stock status
Public (HKEX, IPO Jan 8 2026, ~$31B valuation)
X
@ZhipuAI

Capabilities

App

AIDb Rating

8/5

AIDb v2.0 (curated): Capability 8/10 · Currency 6/10 · Access 10/10 · Significance 7/10 → 7.75

Safety notes

China-jurisdiction content alignment; use official model card for details.

Last verified 2026-06-11 · Primary source ↗

Cite this

“GLM-5.” AIDb — The AI Database. Verified 2026-06-11. https://theaidatabase.com/m/zhipu-ai-glm-5.html

More from Zhipu AI

ChatGLM-6B · CogVideoX · CogVLM · CogVLM2 · GLM-4 · GLM-4-0414