A Tsinghua Professor’s Stealth LLM Startup Hits $1.4 Billion Valuation

Chinese AI startup Naive AI, founded in February by a Tsinghua University professor, has raised $400 million across three rounds and is valued at over $1.4 billion. Investors include Tencent. The company plans to release its first LLM this month as an open-weight model.

• Naive AI valuation exceeds $1.4 billion after raising $400 million
• Startup founded in February by Tsinghua University professor
• Tencent among investors
• First LLM to be released with open weights this month