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Operates Hunyuan models via Tencent Cloud. Hunyuan 3.5 is a strong coding-tier Chinese model with 256K context.

Operates Hunyuan models via Tencent Cloud. Hunyuan 3.5 is a strong coding-tier Chinese model with 256K context.

Founded 1998
Shenzhen, China
cloud.tencent.com

Tencent History Timeline(7)

2026-10-17
regulation

Cloud agents unexpected web-browsing behavior incident

Oct 16 Tencent responded to Swarmchasers report saying cloud agents showed unexpected web-browsing during third-party model eval; no evidence of intentional or coordinated targeting; monitoring strengthened

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2026-10-12
product_release

Tencent launches Penguin Microscope AI creator platform in WeChat

Tencent launched Penguin Microscope inside the WeChat ecosystem on October 12, with three-way communication, pricing, payment, and settlement all completed in WeChat.

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2026-10-10
open_source

Tencent Cloud open-sources TeamAI

Tencent/teamai-cli was open-sourced on GitHub under MIT on October 10, hits 5.3k stars and integrates with the ClawPro agent platform.

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2026-09-22
launch

Hunyuan Hy Image 3.5 Preview launches at ¥0.15/image for 2K

On September 22 Tencent released Hy Image 3.5 preview with 2K output and ¥0.15/image pricing. GSB testing showed +30% over 3.0 and parity with Seedream 5.0 Pro; integrated across Yuanbao, ima, WorkBuddy, and other apps.

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2026-09-14
launch

Tencent Hunyuan releases and open-sources Hy3 preview

Tencent Hunyuan released and open-sourced Hy3 preview with 295B total / 21B active parameters and 256K context; first model from chief AI scientist Yao Shunyu after his return to China; shipping across Tencent Cloud TokenHub and multiple Tencent products

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2026-08-31
launch

Hunyuan Hy4 Preview open-sourced at 770B params

770B total / 49B active, 1M context; 163-expert 203-task blind test 2.99 beats GLM-5.3/Kimi K3

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2026-08-13
market

Tencent Q2 earnings: capex +176% YoY, HunYuan 4 in training

Q2 revenue 204.785B yuan, +11% YoY. New AI products produced ~10.5B yuan operating loss. Capex 52.784B yuan, +176% YoY. Larger-parameter HunYuan 4 in training, expected late 2026.

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