Alibaba stories

Boman Group launches five-day Zhejiang trade mission for Australian startup founders, with Alibaba and Unitree visits, plus meetings in Hangzhou and Taizhou.

Animoca Brands unveils AliBAE AI creator platform with 100,000 CHECK in bounty rewards and Alibaba's Qwen models.

MetaComp rolls out VisionX and AgentX to tighten AI-led payment checks, as it develops a Know Your Agent standard for finance.

Forrester says Asia Pacific tech spending will climb to USD $874 billion in 2026, but inflation, tariffs and geopolitical risks will blunt gains.

AliExpress boosts its UK Brand+ price promise, lifting per-item refunds to GBP £40 and monthly claim caps to GBP £160 on select goods.

GPT-5.4 leads new AI benchmark on real-world accounting tasks, but its 77.3% score leaves firms facing stubborn reliability gaps.

Amazon leads the concentrated global hyperscale data centre market, as the top 10 providers captured 46% of 2024 revenue.

MetaComp secures USD $35m Pre-A funding led by Alibaba to scale its StableX cross-border stablecoin and fiat payment network globally.

Sentinel Global rebuilds its AI-driven venture team around GIC veteran Jeremy Kranz and expands Sentinel Labs, targeting a 2026 fundraise.

Qualcomm unites tech and telecoms heavyweights in a new coalition to fast-track AI-native 6G standards and networks for rollout from 2029.

Alibaba Cloud's AI and live cloud platform reshaped Milano Cortina broadcasting and operations, debuting LLM tools across the Olympics.

Alibaba Cloud will power immersive AI-driven replays and fast media search for global broadcasters at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games.

CMC Invest data shows Australian retail traders stayed net buyers in 2025, with ETFs dominating turnover and Bitcoin cracking the top 10.

Up to 84% of GPU power is wasted in multimodal AI, causing major inefficiencies and costs as firms struggle with legacy infrastructure.

AI Singapore and Alibaba launch Qwen-SEA-LION-v4, a large language model supporting 1,200 Southeast Asian languages to boost regional AI inclusivity.

CP AXTRA and Cainiao partner to advance retail tech in Southeast Asia, boosting efficiency and omnichannel growth with AI and logistics innovations.

Alibaba has launched Wan2.2-S2V, an open-source speech-to-video model that creates high-quality animated videos from single photos and audio clips.

Alibaba launches Wan2.2, an open-source AI suite enhancing cinematic video creation with improved quality, efficiency, and user control for creators worldwide.

Alibaba launches AI-driven automotive cockpit, smart glasses and smart city tech, enhancing user experience with its Qwen model and partnerships worldwide.

Alibaba launches Qwen3-Coder, an open-source AI model designed for efficient code generation, debugging, and complex software workflows worldwide.