Z.ai, the buzzy Chinese startup behind GLM 5.2, debuted a new AI coding tool. ZCode offers pricing tiers below those of its American competitors.

Z.ai has launched ZCode, a free AI coding tool powered by GLM-5.2 that challenges Cursor, Claude Code and GitHub Copilot while highlighting rising geopolitical risk in enterprise…

Firm also known as Z.ai rolls out promotions to lure developers as US rival Anthropic responds to claim it covertly tracked Chinese users.