"The Wave Has Arrived": Zhipu Co-Founder Tang Jie's Letter to Staff
TLDR
Zhipu's co-founder announced a strategic pivot away from short-term revenue toward foundation-model research, committing the company to a two-year "Touch High" plan focused on advancing capabilities toward AGI. The company released GLM-5.2, ranked in the top 3 on the Artificial Analysis leaderboard, with a one-million-token context window and an open MIT license for unrestricted commercial use. Zhipu will concentrate investment on long-horizon tasks, autonomous agent systems, self-training mechanisms, and safety governance rather than pursuing near-term application monetization.
Why it matters
Zhipu's co-founder Tang Jie published a full-staff letter announcing a return to foundation-model research with a two-year plan including strategic investments in autonomous agent systems and extreme safety governance.
