Kai-Fu Lees AI Startup Claims to have Surpassed GPT-4o [Video]

Chinese AI startup 01.AI, founded by computer scientist Kai-Fu Lee, launched its new AI model, Yi-Lightning. It is touted to surpass OpenAI’s GPT-4o-2024-05-13 and Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet on the LMSYS leaderboard. However, the latest ChatGPT-4o still ranks at the top. 

Focuses on Enterprise 

01.AI is refocusing on enterprise solutions in China, as consumer products have been tough to monetise. Its chatbot, Wanzhi, saw only 100,000 visits in September, compared to over 20 million for rivals Baidu’s ERNIE Bot and Moonshot’s Kimi, per SimilarWeb.

On Yi-Lightning’s launch day, 01.AI introduced a digital human solution for retail and e-commerce. While shifting to enterprise in China, 01.AI remains focused on global consumer apps like PopAI, Monoland, and the AI search app BeaGo.

Yi-Lightning’s strong ranking on the LMSYS leaderboard, surpassing GPT-4o, shows China’s growing strength in AI. With …