Founder of a listed tool
Liu Zhiyuan
Named behind 2 listings on Anchor Terminal.
What Liu builds
MiniCPM-o 4.5 C · Open-weight models
MiniCPM-o 4.5 is OpenBMB's open-weight omni-modal model of 9.4B parameters that takes images, video, audio and text and answers in text and speech, including full-duplex live conversation and voice cloning from a reference clip, under Apache 2.0.
Co-founder and chief scientist, ModelBest, researched 28 October 2026 · the people behind it
MiniCPM5-2B C · Open-weight models
MiniCPM5-2B is OpenBMB's open-weight dense language model of 2.5B parameters for on-device and local use, with thinking, XML tool calls and a 131,072-token context, published on Hugging Face in BF16, GGUF, MLX and GPTQ under Apache 2.0.
Co-founder and chief scientist, ModelBest, researched 28 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Lei Shengtao Co-founder and president, ModelBest
- Li Dahai Co-founder and CEO, ModelBest
- Zeng Guoyang Co-founder and CTO, ModelBest
Backed by
Zhihu Zhipu AI Primavera Capital Group Huawei Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund (北京市人工智能产业投资基金) Loongson Capital CDH Investments Zhongguancun Science City Fund (中关村科学城基金) SAIF Partners Zero2IPO Hongtai Fund (洪泰基金) Guozhong Capital (国中资本) Tsinghua Holdings Jinxin (清控金信) Guoke Investment (国科投资) Miju Capital (米聚资本) Heji Investment (和基投资) China Telecom CITIC Securities CITIC Shenzhen Capital Group Inovance Technology Daohe Long-term Investment (道禾长期投资) Guotai Junan Wuyuefeng (武岳峰科创) Jingguorui (京国瑞) Moutai Fund (茅台基金) CICC Porsche (中金保时捷)
Questions
Who is Liu Zhiyuan?
Liu Zhiyuan co-founded ModelBest, a 2022 spin-off from Tsinghua University's NLP laboratory, and is its chief scientist. He is a professor in Tsinghua's computer science department and speaks for the company on large models and on-device AI.
What does OpenBMB (ModelBest and Tsinghua NLP Lab) make?
Anchor Terminal lists MiniCPM-o 4.5 and MiniCPM5-2B from OpenBMB (ModelBest and Tsinghua NLP Lab). MiniCPM-o 4.5 is OpenBMB's open-weight omni-modal model of 9.4B parameters that takes images, video, audio and text and answers in text and speech, including full-duplex live conversation and voice cloning from a reference clip, under Apache 2.0.
Who has invested in OpenBMB (ModelBest and Tsinghua NLP Lab)?
The sources our research read name Zhihu, Zhipu AI, Primavera Capital Group, Huawei, Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund (北京市人工智能产业投资基金), Loongson Capital, CDH Investments, Zhongguancun Science City Fund (中关村科学城基金), SAIF Partners, Zero2IPO, Hongtai Fund (洪泰基金), Guozhong Capital (国中资本), Tsinghua Holdings Jinxin (清控金信), Guoke Investment (国科投资), Miju Capital (米聚资本), Heji Investment (和基投资), China Telecom, CITIC Securities, CITIC, Shenzhen Capital Group, Inovance Technology, Daohe Long-term Investment (道禾长期投资), Guotai Junan, Wuyuefeng (武岳峰科创), Jingguorui (京国瑞), Moutai Fund (茅台基金) and CICC Porsche (中金保时捷).
How are Liu's tools graded?
MiniCPM-o 4.5 is graded C, 61 out of 100; MiniCPM5-2B is graded C, 60.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
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