A Chinese AI lab shipping strong open-source reasoning and coding models alongside a free chat app and a low-cost API. The V3 and R1 lines are widely benchmarked against frontier closed models, and the weights are downloadable for private deployment. Used by VC analysts as a second AI opinion and for high-volume tasks like deck OCR and document parsing where premium-model token costs add up.

Key features
  • ·Open-source V3 and R1 models with downloadable weights
  • ·Free chat app and low-cost API for high-volume tasks like deck OCR and document parsing
  • ·Self-hostable for sensitive documents that cannot leave the firm
Popular use cases
  • ·Run a second-opinion reasoning pass on memos, models, and technical diligence questions
  • ·Self-host an open-weight model for sensitive documents that cannot leave the firm
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