LLM API·China
01.AI
Yi model family from Kai-Fu Lee's 01.AI — strong bilingual open-weight releases
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Founded
2023
Headquarters
China
Price range
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API format
openai
Reachability & verification
Live reachability
Target (01.AI): https://01.ai
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About 01.AI
01.AI (零一万物) ships the Yi family: Yi-Lightning (flagship chat), Yi-Large, Yi-VL (vision), plus open-weight Yi-34B / Yi-9B on Hugging Face. Founded by Kai-Fu Lee; known for competitive bilingual performance and generous open-weight licensing for research.
Pros
- Overseas node available — accessible from outside mainland China
- OpenAI-compatible API: openai — drop-in for existing SDK users
- Established 3+ years (founded 2023)
Cons
- Payments only via alipay, wechat — may block non-China billing
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