Alibaba Cloud

Alibaba Cloud is a subsidiary of Alibaba Group, focusing on cloud computing and artificial intelligence technologies. They are currently newsworthy due to the release and advancements of their AI models, particularly the Qwen series. Recent developments include the launch of Qwen3-Max-Thinking, their largest model to date, boasting enhanced agentic and tool use capabilities. Furthermore, Qwen-3 became the first general-purpose AI model to operate in orbit, deployed by Adaspace Technology. A Google study also highlighted that Alibaba Cloud's AI models, along with DeepSeek, exhibit internal cognition resembling human collective intelligence. This signifies Alibaba Cloud's growing relevance in the global AI landscape, positioning them as a competitor to companies like OpenAI and Google, and marking China's progress in cutting-edge AI development and space-based computing.