Venture firm in listed AI tools

CITIC

CITIC has backed 1 company behind 2 listings on Anchor Terminal.

Venture firm

CITIC has backed 1 company behind 2 listings on Anchor Terminal.

Company on Anchor Terminal

OpenBMB (ModelBest and Tsinghua NLP Lab) February 2026 round, through CITIC Private Equity (中信私募)
- MiniCPM-o 4.5 C · Open-weight models
- MiniCPM5-2B C · Open-weight models
Source 36kr.com/p/3907575932147076

Where they invest

Open-weight models 2

Founders they backed

Li Dahai OpenBMB (ModelBest and Tsinghua NLP Lab)
Zeng Guoyang OpenBMB (ModelBest and Tsinghua NLP Lab)
Liu Zhiyuan OpenBMB (ModelBest and Tsinghua NLP Lab)
Lei Shengtao OpenBMB (ModelBest and Tsinghua NLP Lab)

Questions

Which AI tools has CITIC invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists OpenBMB (ModelBest and Tsinghua NLP Lab) backed by CITIC.

How are CITIC's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, MiniCPM-o 4.5 (C, 61) and MiniCPM5-2B (C, 60.2).

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