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China’s mysterious AI company Naive AI is valued at over $1.4 billion and could release its first open-source llm model as early as this month.

According to people familiar with the matter, Naive AI, an AI startup founded in February this year by Tsinghua University professor Dai Jifeng, has completed three funding rounds totaling $400 million, bringing its valuation to more than $1.4 billion and earning it unicorn status. Its investors in…

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  1. 2026-09-18 14:09 · r/LocalLLaMA
    China’s mysterious AI company Naive AI is valued at over $1.4 billion and could release its first open-source llm model as early as this month.

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