Tencent ima (腾讯ima)
Tencent's knowledge-base AI for search, Q&A and writing
Overview
ima (腾讯ima, formerly ima.copilot) is Tencent's knowledge-base AI. Import documents, web pages, audio or WeChat Official Account articles, then search, ask grounded questions and write from them using Tencent HY or DeepSeek models. Core features are free; the copilot agent runs on purchasable credits. 腾讯ima 是以知识库为核心的 AI 知识管家，基础功能免费，copilot 智能体按算力计费。
Pricing
Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 12 Oct 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.
- Knowledge-base building
- AI search and document Q&A
- Content writing
- 75 credits ¥5; 225 ¥15; 375 ¥25
- 750 ¥50; 1,500 ¥100; 3,000 ¥200
- Spent by the copilot knowledge agent
Use cases
What you can produce with Tencent ima (腾讯ima)
- A personal knowledge base of WeChat Official Account articles, chat files, PDFs, web pages, images and audio
- Answers drawn from your own knowledge base, or from web and files searched together
- Shared knowledge bases with member and content permissions, or paid entry to a curated one
- Meeting recordings of up to two hours with a transcript and summary notes
- Mind maps, voiced podcasts or short quizzes generated from an uploaded document
- AI drafting, expansion and polishing of notes, filed back into the knowledge base
- Multi-step research and drafting by the copilot agent, which remembers preferences and accepts your own model API key
ASEAN Perspective
Tencent ima (腾讯ima) in Southeast Asia
对接公众号生态是其相对 NotebookLM 的最大差异化——中文研究者素材的相当一部分位于微信公众号体系内。
ima is Tencent's knowledge-base AI: collect PDFs, web pages, audio and WeChat Official Account articles, then search, question and write against them with Tencent's HY models or DeepSeek. Few rivals can read WeChat articles, and that is its real edge for Chinese-language research. It has grown into a workbench with shared and paid knowledge bases, meeting transcripts, mind maps, podcasts and a copilot agent that runs on credits sold in the app, while core features stay free.
For Southeast Asian users the friction is access: the iOS app is not listed in the Singapore or Malaysia App Stores, web sign-in uses WeChat and the product is Chinese-first. Strong for Chinese sources; English-first users are better served by NotebookLM.
What we found
ima, which Tencent now brands as its AI knowledge steward (腾讯AI知识管家), was incubated by the QQ Browser team and launched in October 2024 under the name ima.copilot. It is built around a personal knowledge base: you drop in PDFs, web pages, images, audio, WeChat files and WeChat Official Account articles, then search, ask questions and write against that material. The last source matters most, because a large share of Chinese professional writing is published as Official Account articles. Tencent said in October 2025 that users had stored 200 million files in their knowledge bases and that monthly active users grew more than 80-fold between January and September that year.
The product has grown well beyond a NotebookLM-style reader. Version 2.0, announced in October 2025, introduced an agent-driven task mode for reports and podcasts, and the current app lists meeting transcription of up to two hours, mind maps, quizzes, AI images and shared knowledge bases with member permissions. In spring 2026 Tencent added copilot, a knowledge agent with memory, skills and the option to plug in your own model API key. Chat runs on Tencent's own HY models and DeepSeek, and since June 2026 Tencent's Yuanbao assistant can cite ima knowledge bases as sources.
Pricing is no longer simply free. Knowledge bases, search, reading and writing remain free, but copilot spends compute credits. Tencent's published rules granted new-user, daily and referral credits in promotions dated to 30 June 2026, and the China App Store now sells packs from ¥5 for 75 credits to ¥200 for 3,000. Creators can also charge for entry to their knowledge bases. Earlier versions of this page described the product as free.
For readers in Southeast Asia, access is the catch. The iOS app is listed in the mainland China and Hong Kong App Stores but not in Singapore, Malaysia or the US, and web sign-in uses a WeChat QR code. It is a strong choice for Chinese-language research; English-first users will be better served elsewhere.
Compiled by RECATOOLS from public sources: vendor documentation and pricing, code repositories and published reporting.
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