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Alibaba Cloud

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Chairman & CEO

Eddie Wu Yongming

CFO

Toby Hong Xu

Industry

Technology

Website

alibabacloud.com

Year founded

2009

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Alibaba Cloud

Alibaba Cloud is the cloud provider behind world-class sports events, accelerating innovation and enhancing the Olympic legacy through digital transformation.

C-Suite Member

Ethan Yuen
Vice President & Regional GM

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Visitors at the 2026 Apsara Conference in Hangzhou on Tuesday. Photo: Getty Images.

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Guangdong party secretary Huang Kunming (right), welcomed Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu Yongming to Guangzhou on Thursday to sign a strategic cooperation framework agreement. Photo: itouchtv.cn

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The Qwen and Alibaba logos. Photo: Reuters

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Alibaba Cloud

Alibaba Cloud set to open new data centres in Europe as overseas push gains pace

The tech giant is set to add extra capacity to help international clients deploy real-world artificial intelligence.

Alibaba debuts ‘China’s most powerful’ AI chip, teases 10-trillion-parameter model

Alibaba’s AI ‘employees’ can now work in ByteDance, Tencent apps

Chinese shoppers can now buy AI subscriptions from DeepSeek and Z.ai on Tmall

By packaging tokens and coding plans like everyday retail goods, AI labs are opening a new front in their push for sustainable revenue.

Malaysia’s Anwar unveils cost of living measures as opposition rises

Anwar ⁠has faced declining support over a perceived failure to deliver on reforms as well as the mishandling of several high-profile corruption cases.

MiniMax boosts Alibaba cloud budget 220% to fuel next-gen AI models

Chinese AI firm burns through two-thirds of its cloud budget by June, forcing a dramatic increase in its Alibaba deal ceiling.

Alibaba pushes into South America’s AI market with launch of Brazil data centres

The Chinese tech giant is rapidly building AI infrastructure in emerging markets amid an intensifying US-China tech rivalry.

Alibaba to issue US$10 billion in new shares for global AI push

The Chinese tech giant is going ‘full stack’, expanding beyond retail into chips, cloud and large language models as surging spending weighs on quarterly profits.

What’s next for Alibaba as US$56 billion AI spending plan hits halfway mark?

Aggressive spending strains cash, but Alibaba’s AI cloud growth points to strong long-term returns, analysts say.

Alibaba’s AI cloud growth surge drives earnings despite soaring tech spending

Tech giant posts fastest growth in cloud and AI revenue in 22 quarters, says huge AI computing investments will pay off within three years.

.css-1f6sr3w{color:#727272;}Semiconductors | China’s supernodes go mainstream as AI model sizes grow

Giant arrays of AI chips, China’s way around US export curbs on the most advanced silicon, become widely available to meet growing compute needs of models, agents.

Hong Kong taps tech strength in joint venture to power gold settlement

Alibaba Cloud among partners chosen to create a platform for Hong Kong’s gold clearing and settlement system next year.

Back in the Harness: DeepSeek continues its pivot towards agentic AI

With the launch of Harness, China’s DeepSeek continues to build the foundational digital scaffolding for autonomous AI agents.

China’s richest province taps Alibaba to power its AI and chip push

Guangdong province deepens ties with China tech giant to boost digital innovation by focusing on AI, semiconductors and smart services.

DeepSeek’s flagship AI model update underwhelms – except in cybersecurity

Chinese AI start-up’s model impresses in niche areas like cybersecurity but leaves some developers disappointed in its overall capabilities.

Alibaba says it can build AI data centres in 100 days with modular design

With CUBE 5.0, Alibaba Cloud expects to more than double modular data centre delivery efficiency this year amid AI boom, report says.

Tencent ramps up overseas AI push with wider roll-out of flagship Hy3 model

Hy3’s release is the first major update in Tencent’s AI strategy since former OpenAI researcher Yao Shunyu joined the Chinese tech giant.

Alibaba’s AI model Qwen3.8-Max widely accessible ahead of open-weights release

Flagship 2.4 trillion parameter model highlights native multimodal capabilities and the ability to carry out long-horizon agentic tasks.

From CXMT to Zhipu AI, Alibaba’s strategic investments are paying off

The company’s strategic shift to AI and chip investments is not only yielding significant returns, but also boosting its tech portfolio.

China’s CXMT soars 466% on debut to become most valuable mainland-listed firm

The DRAM maker saw debut turnover top 140 billion yuan, becoming the first mainland-listed stock to surpass 100 billion yuan in single-day trading.

Changzhou says it is building China’s first city-level green token factory

Project is expected to churn out 60 trillion tokens a year, driving the country’s AI clean-power ambitions forward.

China’s CXMT valued at US$85 billion in record Shanghai IPO

Chinese DRAM maker is set to raise 57.9 billion yuan (US$8.5 billion), nearly twice the amount earmarked for its investment projects.

AI | Chinese AI giants, start-ups ready for the agentic web era

With artificially intelligent agents set to become our interface with the digital world, Chinese tech platforms are embedding them and launching AI-native products.

Can China’s memory chip giant CXMT keep thriving after IPO and AI boom?

CXMT is taking orders for its advanced DDR5 server memory from Tencent and ByteDance after completing customer validation, a source says.

Alibaba slashes Qwen AI model price during US working hours in fight for users

The aggressive price cut comes amid intense rivalry between US and Chinese artificial intelligence firms.

Alibaba chip unit T-Head triples capital amid AI hardware bet

First injection in over three years comes as Alibaba works on full-stack AI infrastructure, from its Qwen models to chips to cloud services.

‘We’re all in’: Alibaba’s Joe Tsai makes biggest AI push yet at VivaTech

Tsai lays out Alibaba’s AI playbook: invest across the stack, figure out the winners later.

Alibaba Cloud expands in France amid Europe’s data sovereignty push

Opening of Paris hub is a response to increased demand, says the China tech giant as it looks to roll out agentic AI services across Europe.

Semiconductors | China’s supernodes go mainstream as AI model sizes grow