Woofun AI reports that Zhipu has acquired AI infrastructure firm Zhongke Jiahe for hundreds of millions of yuan. This transaction aims to address deficiencies in underlying engineering and compiler capabilities, responding to structural computing power shortages and high-concurrency inference challenges driven by rapid user growth.

Zhongke Jiahe, founded by Dr. Cui Huimin with technology from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, specializes in virtual instruction set technology that unifies disparate chip ecosystems. Its SigInfer engine claims to reduce large model inference latency by up to 74 times. The acquisition supports Zhipu’s domestic adaptation efforts across platforms like Huawei Ascend and provides compiler support for rumored custom AI inference chips.