Alibaba
Alibaba Group is one of the largest internet companies in the world. Headquartered in Hangzhou, China, Alibaba is best known for its Chinese marketplaces, Taobao and Tmall. Alibaba also has a stake in its spin-off payments app, Alipay, which is run by Ant Financial.
Alibaba was founded by Jack Ma, then an English teacher, in 1999.
Ant International’s next payments bet: AI agents
Ant International president Douglas Feagin talks about AI in commerce, the future of payments, and taking the company’s fintech playbook beyond Asia.
Melissa Goh · · 7 min read
Anthropic says China AI labs used Claude to train models
Anthropic also alleged that some companies routed user prompts to Claude without notifying users.
Grace Priscilla Teo · · 1 min read
Alibaba ends ASR stake sale early
After the sale, Alibaba Network remained ASR’s largest single shareholder.
Minh Le · · 1 min read
Alibaba’s capex isn’t the full story
Alibaba’s profit fell, and spending jumped – but it’s not the whole picture. Plus, we revisit how China’s AI labs outpace big budgets with less cash.
Peter Cowan · · 4 min readAlibaba’s AI capex spike isn’t the story investors think
The market punished Alibaba’s earnings. But a closer look at the firm’s chips, cloud, and AI model suggests the reaction got the story backward.
Jacob Cooke · · 4 min readAlibaba integrates 1688, Alibaba.com under single operation
Global wholesale revenue rose 7% as China e-commerce revenue fell 8%.
Naomi Li Gan · · 1 min readMiniMax raises Alibaba cloud spending cap 220%
MiniMax plans to spend up to US$300 million on Alibaba Cloud services in 2025, up from US$115 million.
Diya Lal · · 1 min readJack Ma buys $76.5m in Alibaba shares as AI spending grows
Jack Ma bought over HK$600 million in Alibaba shares amid its AI push.
Minh Le · · 1 min readAlibaba executives buy $15m shares after 8.5% drop
Filings showed Tsai bought about HK$81 million (US$10.3 million) worth of shares in Hong Kong, while Wu bought about HK$39 million (US$4.97 million).
Grace Priscilla Teo · · 1 min readXpeng’s robotics arm raises over $900m series A
The company said the funding will go to hardware and software R&D, physical AI training, smart manufacturing infrastructure, and global expansion.
Diya Lal · · 1 min read