Carol Lin is CEO of International Business at z.ai (Zhipu AI), where she leads the company’s global strategy, partnerships, and enterprise adoption, driving the real-world deployment of large language models across industries. She has played a key role in expanding z.ai into sovereign AI model ecosystems, supporting AI solutions that are open-source, enterprise-ready, and deployable across regions with diverse regulatory and compliance requirements.

Under her leadership, z.ai’s GLM series delivers advanced reasoning and generative capabilities while giving organisations greater ownership, transparency, and flexibility in how AI is deployed and governed. Carol’s work focuses on connecting cutting-edge AI innovation with practical, scalable applications that generate meaningful business impact.