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Joe Tsai is chairman of Alibaba Group. Tsai joined the Alibaba Group in 1999 as a member of the founding team.
Born
19 Jan 1964
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Co-founder, chairman of Alibaba
Peng Yang (left), CEO of Ant International, with Clara Wu Tsai, governor of New York Liberty. Photo: Handout
Ant Group

Alipay+ announces sponsorship deal with WNBA team New York Liberty

The sponsorship follows the designation earlier this month of Liberty player Sabrina Ionescu as Ant International’s global brand ambassador.

Artificial intelligence

Alibaba names AI-lab leader Zhou Jingren as new group partner

Ant Group

Ant International signs WNBA star Sabrina Ionescu as brand ambassador

ATP

Billionaire investor Marc Lasry sees ‘huge opportunity’ for innovation in tennis

Hot on the heels of Ultimate Tennis Showdown in Hong Kong, Lasry says at the Post’s Family Business Summit the sport is ‘ripe for disruption’.

Marc Lasry believes disruption in sport is possible even if it is ‘really hard’. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Family offices

Hong Kong leader John Lee to speak at family business summit

Third annual event curated by the Post and Blue Pool Capital, presented by UBS, features speakers from governments to Wall Street to the NBA.

Tencent

Tencent claims 20% gain in R&D efficiency from AI automation

More than a quarter of code-related problems across Tencent’s vast suite of products and services so far this year were discovered by AI.

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SCMP

South China Morning Post appoints Tammy Tam as publisher in major overhaul

Chow Chung-yan will take over as editor-in-chief, while CEO Catherine So will leave the Post after 3½ years.

The SCMP office. Photo: SCMP
Artificial intelligence

Airbnb chooses Alibaba’s open-source AI over ‘not ready’ ChatGPT

Airbnb ‘relies heavily’ on Alibaba’s Qwen models to power its AI customer service agent, CEO Brian Chesky says.

Hong Kong property

Alibaba, Ant buy Hong Kong offices, in city’s biggest deal since 2021

Alibaba and Ant bought 301,555 square feet of space in the top 13 floors of the 24-storey building, with parking space for 50 vehicles and signage rights.

Alibaba

US, China leaders will avoid ‘race to the bottom’: Alibaba’s Joe Tsai

Chairman of Chinese giant also says winning in the AI race is about attaining the largest model adoption.

Alibaba chairman Joe Tsai appears at a game of the NBA team he owns, the Brooklyn Nets, in Macau on October 10, 2025. Photo: AP Photo
NBA

NBA China Games: Celtics, Trail Blazers thrown into mix of teams coming next

With Macau to host eight more matches over the next four years, the team line-up beyond next year’s fixture remains a hot topic.

The Portland Trail Blazers could be among the teams interested in playing in the NBA China Games now they have China’s Yang Hansen (left) on their books. Photo: AP
US-China tech war

China’s lesson for the US: it takes more than chips to win the AI race

The AI war is increasingly waged among ‘hyperscalers’ – companies with full-stack capabilities across software, hardware and applications.

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NBA China games

Phoenix Suns shine in Macau as the NBA makes a star-studded return to China

Stars of stage, screen and sports among fans in a packed Venetian Arena treated to an evening of singing, dancing and sparkling basketball.

Alibaba

Alibaba Cloud inks landmark multi-year collaboration with NBA China

‘It is an exciting time at the intersection of sports and technology,’ Alibaba chairman and Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai says.

The partnership with NBA China marks Alibaba’s latest major sports-related collaboration. Photo: Shutterstock
Alibaba

Alibaba’s Qwen lab sets up robotics team, showcasing its AI ambitions

The announcement suggests the Chinese tech giant is accelerating its development in the field of AI-powered hardware.

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Alibaba’s headquarters in Hangzhou, China’s eastern Zhejiang province. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

Alibaba chairman Joe Tsai says US-China AI competition is not ‘winner takes all’

Speaking on a podcast, Tsai said the winner in AI should not be defined as ‘the strongest AI model’, but on ‘who can adopt it faster’.

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NBA China games

Nets v Suns in Macau: tracing the NBA’s rise, fall and return to China

Clash marks first NBA game in China since Daryl Morey’s 2019 tweet that prompted blackout of the league in country.

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NBA

March Madness? Asian college basketball looks to copy US pizazz to widen appeal

University tournament’s chief executive wants to create more ‘sportainment’ in mould of United States’ NCAA.

The inaugural Asian University Basketball League is held at Binjiang Gymnasium and runs until Sunday. Photo: AUBL
NBA

Basketball or study? Chinese children can pursue both via ‘incredible platform’

Joe Tsai Basketball Scholarship offers ‘different pathway’ as pupils and parents attend coaching and briefing sessions in Hangzhou.

Artificial intelligence

China Future Tech webinar | How China’s open-source movement changed the AI landscape

A deep dive into China’s open-source AI revolution involving DeepSeek, Alibaba.

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Artificial intelligence

How open-source AI is helping China win hearts and market share

China’s free-for-all AI models, developed by firms like DeepSeek and Alibaba, present a viable alternative to US closed-source systems.

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China’s open-source AI models are competing against closed systems from the likes of Google and OpenAI. Illustration: Henry Wong
Artificial intelligence

Alibaba AI model-based agentic framework tops global ranking

DeepSWE, trained on the Qwen3-32B model, scored 59 per cent accuracy in the latest industry benchmark to outperform a DeepSeek-V3 variant.

Artificial intelligence agents are software programs that are capable of autonomously performing tasks on behalf of a user or another system. Photo: Shutterstock
Alibaba

Alibaba unveils new AI model for more precise image creation

Qwen VLo adds to the intense competition in China’s AI landscape, where Alibaba has pursued an open-source approach to gain users.

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Alibaba

Alibaba trims partnership as company bets on younger leaders

Nine partners – including former CEO Daniel Zhang – have left, bringing the number down from 26 to 17.

Alibaba

Joe Tsai says open-source AI will boost Alibaba’s cloud business

The Chinese tech giant has made substantial investments in AI and cloud computing following a sweeping restructuring initiative.

Alibaba chairman Joe Tsai speaks on stage during the VivaTech trade show in Paris on Wednesday. Photo: Xinmei Shen
Alibaba

Alibaba chairman Joe Tsai says company on a ‘good path’ after years of setbacks

Alibaba is ‘on a very good path looking forward’ as it focuses on core businesses including e-commerce, cloud computing and AI.

Alibaba’s Joe Tsai speaking at the Beyond Expo in Macau on Saturday. Photo: Handout
Alibaba

Alibaba lands US$250 million convertible bonds deal with selfie app giant Meitu

The strategic collaboration is expected to serve as ‘the foundation of a long-term partnership’ between Meitu and Alibaba.

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Alibaba

Alibaba’s Joe Tsai: AI set to transform operations in next five years

Tsai and chief people officer Jane Jiang Fang answer questions from the staff, including the impact of the US-China trade war on the company.

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