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Zhong Lun Advises AI Large Model Company Zhizi Engine on Tens of Millions Yuan Series Angel+ Financing
Zhong Lun Advises AI Large Model Company Zhizi Engine on Tens of Millions Yuan Series Angel+ Financing
Nanjing Zhizi Engine Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Zhizi Engine") has recently announced it has completed Series Angel+ financing of tens of millions yuan (“Project"), co-led by two top investment institutions and followed by other parties including iSoftStone.
Founded in 2021, Zhizi Engine's entrepreneurial team, led by Prof. Lu Zhiwu of Gaoling School of Artificial Intelligence of Renmin University of China (Chief Technical Advisor) and Dr. Gao Yizhao (CEO), is the earliest of its kind in China to carry out research on multimodal AI models. With rich experience in research of large models, the team has been adhering to independent research and continuous innovation for years, and has launched several influential large models such as “BriVL", the first application-level multimodal large dialogue model product - “YuanChengXiang ChatImg", etc., which are integrated into multiple industry application scenarios, thereby maintaining a leading position in the field of multimodal retrieval and multimodal generation. The funds raised in the Project will be mainly used for the research and development of multimodal models and the deployment of application scenarios in multiple industries.
Following its rendering of counselling on Zhizi Engine's Series Angel financing, Zhong Lun Law Firm provides for the Project whole-process legal services ranging from legal due diligence, to structuring, drafting, and negotiating transaction documents, as well as the closing. The team from Zhong Lun was led by partner Shiwei Zhang and included associates Siqi Lu and PeiyanYan, among others.
