Summary · why it matters
Beijing ModelBest Technology Co., Ltd. filed tutoring registration with the Beijing Securities Regulatory Bureau on August 11, planning an initial public offering and listing, with CITIC Securities as the tutoring broker. ModelBest completed its shareholding system reform on August 6, one week earlier, officially starting the A-share IPO process. The company has no controlling shareholder; its largest shareholder is Beijing Qingyu Qihang Technology Center, a limited partnership, holding 16.45 percent with registered capital of 1.545833 million yuan. ModelBest was incubated from Tsinghua University's Natural Language Processing Laboratory, with former Zhihu CTO Li Dahai serving as chairman and CEO, and Liu Zhiyuan, a tenured associate professor in Tsinghua's Department of Computer Science and Technology, as chief scientist. Since 2024, the company has focused on on-device models, with its core MiniCPM series surpassing 43 million global downloads, entering mass production in multiple vehicle models from Changan Automobile, SAIC Motor, and Geely Auto, and debuting in Samsung's global flagship smartphone lineup. As of July 2026, ModelBest completed four Series B+ funding rounds during the year, bringing in investors including China Telecom Investment, CITIC Jinshi, Shenzhen Capital Group, and Inovance Industrial Investment, reaching a post-money valuation of 20 billion yuan, making it one of the largest unicorns in China's on-device intelligence sector.