According to the news from "Intelligence Emergence", large model startupsBaichuan IntelligenceRecently completedSeries A Financing, with a total amount of 5 billion yuan and a valuation of 20 billion yuan. According to reports, in addition to the previously announced investors such as Alibaba, Tencent, and Xiaomi,FinancingIt has also attracted industrial investment funds with state-owned backgrounds from Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and other places to join.
Baichuan Intelligence was founded by former Sogou CEO Wang Xiaochuan in April 2023, and is one of the first large AI model companies in China. Since its establishment, the company has launched 12 large models, covering both open-source and closed-source areas, and released the AI assistant "Baixiao Ying" in May this year.
It is worth paying attention to Baichuan Intelligence's outstanding performance in the medical AI field. The company regards medical treatment as "the pearl in the crown of large models", and its Baichuan3 model has surpassed the GPT-4 in some medical assessment tasks.Baichuan also put forward the L0-L5 graded development route of AI medical treatment, and believes that the current technology has reached the L3 level.
This round of financing reflects the changes in the financing landscape of the large-scale model industry. In addition to traditional VCs and technology giants, state-owned funds are becoming an important source of funds. Industry insiders pointed out that the valuation threshold of the first-tier large-scale model companies has risen to 20 billion yuan, and the financing competition is still going on.
However, with the influx of capital, the urgent problem faced by large model companies is to realize the technology landing and commercialization. BCinks Intelligence adopts the dual-wheel drive strategy of "super model + super application", focusing on specific scenarios and applications while pursuing AGI, especially focusing on the potential of the medical field.
The successful financing of Baichuan Intelligence not only demonstrates the confidence of investors, but also reflects the development trends and challenges of the AI large model industry. The industry expects Baichuan Intelligence to make more breakthroughs in fields such as AI medical care.