Alibaba debuts its latest RISC-V-based chip amid shift to AI agents
Alibaba Group Holding’s research arm Damo Academy has unveiled a chip designed to fuel artificial intelligence agents, as…
In China’s vision for a ‘powerhouse’ stock market, it’s slow and steady over boom and bust
China’s high-level policymakers have reiterated the need to defuse financial risks and root out political corruption, two of…
Alibaba, Baidu’s IPO plans for AI chip design units heighten China’s self-reliance drive
The two Chinese internet peers’ initiatives reflected the strong investor appetite for AI chip firms and growing demand…
China’s tech self-sufficiency powers stock boom and helps it shake off economic malaise
Nearly a year after DeepSeek’s AI breakthrough rattled global markets, mainland China is entering 2026 with a fresh…
China’s Moonshot AI raises US$500 million in latest funding round: report
Moonshot AI, developer of the highly lauded Kimi AI models, saw IDG Capital lay out US$150 million to…
Alibaba founder Jack Ma visits Ant Group campus as fintech giant ramps up AI efforts
Ma, who had relinquished his control of the fintech company and resigned from all corporate roles at Alibaba,…
China’s Moonshot claims to build models with fewer high-end AI chips than US rivals use
In a three-hour-long “ask me anything” session on Reddit on Monday evening, a Moonshot AI representative with the…
Why new model of China’s Moonshot AI stirs ‘DeepSeek moment’ debate
Beijing-based Moonshot AI, a start-up valued at US$3.3 billion and backed by Chinese tech giants like Alibaba Group…
China’s Moonshot AI launches new model lauded as No 1 among open-source systems
The Beijing-based start-up on Thursday said Kimi K2 Thinking was now accessible via Kimi.com and the model’s application…
Alibaba’s Qwen3-Omni tops Hugging Face AI ranking as Chinese open systems flourish
Alibaba Group Holding’s new Qwen3-Omni multimodal artificial intelligence system has quickly become the most popular model in the…
Ant Group’s Alipay and Tencent’s Weixin Pay embrace China’s cross-border payment system
China’s two largest mobile payment services, Ant Group’s Alipay and Tencent Holdings’ Weixin Pay, have adopted a new…
How Alibaba builds its most efficient AI model to date
A technical innovation has allowed Alibaba Group Holding, one of the leading players in China’s artificial intelligence boom,…