SiliconFlow
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SiliconFlow (Beijing SiliconFlow Technology Co., Ltd.) was founded in August 2023 in Beijing by Yuan Jinhui, positioning itself as an open, independent token supply platform.
Position in SVTR
Snapshot 2026-10-16- Startup SignalsTop 5%↓4
- Training & Inference Stack#3of 25–
- Inference#8of 51↓1
About
SiliconFlow (Beijing SiliconFlow Technology Co., Ltd.) was founded in August 2023 in Beijing by Yuan Jinhui, positioning itself as an open, independent token supply platform. Its flagship product SiliconCloud hosts hundreds of leading open-source models including Qwen3 and DeepSeek-R1 & V3, offering end-to-end solutions from fine-tuning to deployment. By 2025 annual token throughput, SiliconFlow is China's largest independent ecosystem token supplier, holding approximately 1.5% market share among all token suppliers in China, with over 10 million registered users as of April 30, 2026.
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Timeline
- 2026-06FundingB轮$278M
- 2025-06FundingA轮$69M
- 2025-02FundingA轮$69M
- 2024-07Funding天使轮$51M
- 2024-01Funding天使轮$7M
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Investors
Funding history
- 2026-06Series B$278M
Investors · 晶科能源控股有限责任公司、携程战投、金蝶国际、联通新沃、国泰君安创新投资、盛奕资本、壁仞战投、蔚来资本、商汤战投、巨人网络、纪源资本、华登国际、华控基金、国开金融、中关村科学城
- 2025-06Series A$69M
Investors · Alibaba Cloud、Sinovation Ventures
Source · SVTR Weekly #109 - 2025-02Series A$69M
Investors · Puhua Capital、华创资本、Glory Ventures
Source · SVTR Weekly #093 - 2024-07Angel$51M
Investors · Zhipu AI、水木清华校友基金、360 Security、Glory Ventures
Source · SVTR Weekly #061 - 2024-01Angel$7M
Investors · MiraclePlus、Glory Ventures、Sinovation Ventures
Source · SVTR Weekly #035
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