Seed+ · AI

MetaCircle completes Seed+ financing for AI model-design research

MetaCircle announced a completed Seed+ round on October 15. Participants included Hike Capital, Baidu Ventures, Shoucheng Capital, Shanghai Semiconductor Industry Investment, 360 strategic investment, the Shanghai AI Industry Fund series and Yunshi Capital.

MetaCircle announced a completed Seed+ round on October 15. Participants included Hike Capital, Baidu Ventures, Shoucheng Capital, Shanghai Semiconductor Industry Investment, 360 strategic investment, the Shanghai AI Industry Fund series and Yunshi Capital.

The company is developing meta-models that design and evaluate other AI models. Funding supports algorithm research, product exploration, hiring and benchmarks. It disclosed several hundred million renminbi across both rounds without specifying either round’s individual amount.

Use of funds

Meta-model algorithms

Product exploration

Team expansion

Research benchmarks

Funding history

Seed+ · This roundUndisclosed

Sources

  1. Hike Capital: MetaCircle financinghikecapital.com · Oct 15, 2026
  2. 拿下两轮数亿元融资,清华博导刘子鸣要造能自己设计模型的「元模型」36kr.com · Oct 16, 2026