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Founded1999

Key PeopleEddie Wu

HeadquartersHangzhou, China

ProductsQwen

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Alibaba Sells Lingxi Games for $2 Billion to Fund Aggressive AI Pivot and Cloud Infrastructure

Alibaba is selling its gaming subsidiary Lingxi Games to private equity firm Trustar Capital for over $2 billion, exiting in-house game development entirely. The sale reflects Alibaba's strategic shift toward AI and cloud computing, with CEO Eddie Wu targeting $100 billion in AI revenue by 2031 as the company streamlines non-core assets.

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Alibaba Sells Lingxi Games for $2 Billion to Fund Aggressive AI Pivot and Cloud Infrastructure

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Trump Crypto Firm Backs Venture Selling 43 Chinese AI Models Flagged by U.S. Government

World Liberty Financial, the Trump-backed crypto firm, collaborates with WorldClaw, a Hong Kong-based platform offering Chinese AI models from companies like Alibaba and Baidu that face U.S. national security restrictions. The Trump family earns revenue through their USD1 stablecoin used for payments, creating a conflict of interest as the administration simultaneously restricts these same Chinese companies.

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Trump Crypto Firm Backs Venture Selling 43 Chinese AI Models Flagged by U.S. Government

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Alibaba Earnings Face Critical Test as AI Investments Drive Growth but Crush Profitability

Alibaba reports quarterly earnings on August 20 with investors scrutinizing whether aggressive AI bets can deliver sustainable profits. Qwen AI models have surpassed downloads from Meta and Google, while cloud business growth hit 38% year-over-year. But AI-associated costs slashed operating profit by 84% in the March quarter, raising questions about the company's AI-driven growth strategy.

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Alibaba Earnings Face Critical Test as AI Investments Drive Growth but Crush Profitability

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Alibaba AI Surpasses Meta and Google With 3 Billion Downloads as Qwen Models Dominate Open-Weight Market

Alibaba launched Qwen3.8-27B, a laptop-ready AI model, and released weights for its most powerful Qwen3.8 Max model. The move sharpens competition with Meta in open-weight AI, as Qwen models hit 3 billion downloads globally—outpacing Google's 418 million and Meta's 227 million in 2026.

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Alibaba AI Surpasses Meta and Google With 3 Billion Downloads as Qwen Models Dominate Open-Weight Market

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Apple Builds Custom AI Model for China Market in Rare Partnership with Alibaba

Apple has trained its own large language model specifically for China with support from Alibaba, marking a strategic shift from relying on third-party models. This makes Apple the first foreign company approved to offer a proprietary AI model in China, navigating steep regulatory hurdles as it prepares to launch Apple Intelligence in the coming months.

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Apple Builds Custom AI Model for China Market in Rare Partnership with Alibaba

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Alibaba Plans Revenue Sharing for Major Commercial Users of Its Open-Source Qwen AI Model

Alibaba will require large commercial users of its Qwen3.8-Max open-source AI model to share revenue, following Moonshot's licensing approach. The move marks a shift toward monetizing open-weight designs while keeping smaller deployments free, as Chinese AI firms converge on a freemium business model to fund development amid intense price competition.

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Alibaba Plans Revenue Sharing for Major Commercial Users of Its Open-Source Qwen AI Model

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Alibaba Unveils Qwen3.8-Max AI Model with 2.4 Trillion Parameters, Escalating U.S.-China AI Race

Alibaba released Qwen3.8-Max, its most powerful AI model yet, with 2.4 trillion parameters and performance matching Anthropic's Claude Fable 5. The open-weight release intensifies U.S.-China competition as Chinese firms rapidly close the gap with American AI leaders through aggressive releases and cost efficiency.

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Alibaba Unveils Qwen3.8-Max AI Model with 2.4 Trillion Parameters, Escalating U.S.-China AI Race

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Alibaba Stock Surges 5.2% After Unveiling Qwen3.8 Max, Its Most Advanced AI Model

Alibaba stock jumped over 5% on Monday after the company released Qwen3.8 Max-Preview, its most powerful AI model to date. With 2.4 trillion parameters, the large language model ranks second globally behind only Anthropic's Claude Fable 5. The company plans to open-source the model, which could accelerate developer adoption across the AI ecosystem.

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Alibaba Stock Surges 5.2% After Unveiling Qwen3.8 Max, Its Most Advanced AI Model

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Alibaba Qwen3.8 AI Model Claims Second Place Behind Fable 5 in Competitive Launch

Alibaba unveiled Qwen3.8-Max-Preview with 2.4 trillion parameters at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, claiming it ranks second only to Anthropic's Fable 5. The launch comes days after Moonshot AI released Kimi K3 with 2.8 trillion parameters, pushing Chinese AI companies into the multi-trillion-parameter tier amid ongoing geopolitical tensions over semiconductor access.

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Alibaba Qwen3.8 AI Model Claims Second Place Behind Fable 5 in Competitive Launch

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Apple Intelligence wins China approval with Alibaba and Baidu partnerships worth billions

Apple Intelligence has secured regulatory approval in China through partnerships with Alibaba's Qwen AI model and Baidu's AI technologies. The Cyberspace Administration of China greenlit the service, ending a two-year delay and opening Apple's AI features to one of its largest markets where sales reached $20.5 billion in Q2. Alibaba and Baidu shares surged 5% and 4% respectively on the news.

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Apple Intelligence wins China approval with Alibaba and Baidu partnerships worth billions

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Chinese AI companies accused of stealing US tech through distillation, threatening national security

Leading US AI labs Anthropic and OpenAI are sounding alarms about Chinese AI companies using distillation techniques to copy their proprietary technologies. Through tens of thousands of fraudulent accounts generating millions of conversations, firms like Alibaba and DeepSeek allegedly harvest data to build competing models at a fraction of the cost. The accusations highlight growing concerns about AI model theft and its implications for US leadership in AI development.

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Chinese AI companies accused of stealing US tech through distillation, threatening national security

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OpenAI and Google Sell AI Models to Pentagon-Blacklisted Chinese Tech Giants via Singapore

OpenAI and Google have been supplying advanced AI models to Singapore-based subsidiaries of Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent—companies blacklisted by the Pentagon over alleged military ties. While legal, the sales expose a critical gap in US export controls designed to slow China's AI development, reigniting calls for stricter regulation.

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OpenAI and Google Sell AI Models to Pentagon-Blacklisted Chinese Tech Giants via Singapore

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Alibaba stock surges 12% as AI cloud strength offsets Anthropic dispute and Pentagon scrutiny

Alibaba Group Holding shares jumped over 12% in their largest single-session gain since September 2025, driven by signals that its AI investments are paying off. Jefferies reaffirmed a Buy rating with a $185 price target, citing accelerating revenue growth in Alibaba Cloud and narrowing losses in instant-commerce. The rally occurred despite an escalating AI scandal with Anthropic and ongoing Pentagon scrutiny.

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Alibaba stock surges 12% as AI cloud strength offsets Anthropic dispute and Pentagon scrutiny

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ByteDance and Alibaba Pull AI Companions as China Enforces Strict Humanlike AI Regulations

China implements the world's first dedicated regulatory framework targeting AI services that simulate human emotions and personalities. ByteDance's Doubao and Alibaba's Qwen are disabling custom agent features ahead of July 15 enforcement. The regulations address concerns about AI addiction, mental health harm, and emotional attachment, with research showing one in seven young adults now uses AI romantic companions.

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ByteDance and Alibaba Pull AI Companions as China Enforces Strict Humanlike AI Regulations

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Alibaba Bans Claude Code After Anthropic's Hidden Tracker Monitored Chinese Users

Anthropic removed a secret tracker from Claude Code after a researcher exposed hidden code monitoring Chinese users. The discovery prompted Alibaba to ban the AI tool, classifying it as high-risk software. The incident escalates tensions in the US-China AI conflict as both companies accuse each other of security violations and model theft.

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Alibaba Bans Claude Code After Anthropic's Hidden Tracker Monitored Chinese Users

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