As of now, there are numerous participants in China's AI industry, covering multiple dimensions such as basic models, computing power, intelligent terminals, and industry applications. According to publicly available information, the following is a comprehensive summary of "how many AI companies are there in China" and "market share of each company":

one 🧩 Overview of Domestic AI Companies

• Leader in Basic Large ModelsIncluding Baidu (Wenxin Ernie), Alibaba (Qwen), Tencent (Hunyuan), Zhipu Zhipu Zhipu AI, MiniMax, DeepSeek, as well as emerging players such as 01.AI. According to an IDC report, by the end of 2024, more than ten basic model enterprises with significant influence have been formed in China 。

• The "AI Tiger" team：Zhipu AI、MiniMax、Baichuan、Moonshot、01.AI 等被视为中国“AI Tigers” en.wikipedia.org+3en.wikipedia.org+3barrons.com+3。

• Intelligent terminals and chip companiesIncluding AI terminal leaders such as Huawei, Lenovo, and Xiaomi, as well as AI chip manufacturers such as Biren, Huawei Haiming, and Cambricon.

Looking at the entire industry, it is estimated that there are hundreds of small and medium-sized AI startups in China, as well as about 50-100 influential listed or unicorn level enterprises.

2. Market share in each segmented field

🔹 Basic Large Model Market (Large Language Models, LLM)

• Baidu AI Cloud holds the largest share in LLM business in China, approximately19.9%；

• Next are SenseTime (SenseTime, 16%) and Zhipu AI (third);

• The fourth and fifth are Baichuan and 4Paradigm, respectively 。

🔹 Intelligent terminal (integrated AI function mobile phone/PC, etc.)

• In the 2024 Chinese AI intelligent terminal market share:

  • Lenovo:23.07%

  • Huawei: 13%

  • Apple: 10.6%

  • Honor: 7.12%

  • Vivo：7.04%

  • Xiaomi: 6.98% 。

🔹 Penetration of AI chip market

• NVIDIA occupies approximately50%Market share of AI chips (2025) 。

• The proportion of domestic AI chips (such as Huawei, Cambrian, etc.) in AI chip shipments has exceeded30% 。

🔹 Overall scale of AI market

• The overall revenue of China's AI market in 2024 is approximately15.77 billion US dollars；

• It is expected that the compound annual growth rate will reach 42-44% between 2025 and 2030, and will reach approximately by 2030206.6 billion US dollars 。

• By the end of 2024, the global AI market is expected to reach approximately $34.2 billion, with China accounting for approximately3.42 billion US dollars(About 10%) 。

3. Summary Table: Market Shares by Major Sub sectors

• If you followBasic Model Service ProviderPrioritize Baidu SenseTime、Zhipu；

• regardingIntelligent terminal hardware(such as AI smartphones/PCs), Lenovo and Huawei are leading in shipment;

• existAI chipIn the field, we see that foreign NVIDIA is still the mainstay, but domestic chips are rising rapidly;

• Overall, China's AI industry is growing rapidly from basic models to terminal applications, and the market structure is gradually improving.