{"id":261506,"date":"2026-01-24T11:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/261506\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T11:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:33:09","slug":"alibaba-baidus-ipo-plans-for-ai-chip-design-units-heighten-chinas-self-reliance-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/261506\/","title":{"rendered":"Alibaba, Baidu\u2019s IPO plans for AI chip design units heighten China\u2019s self-reliance drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The two Chinese <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/internet?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">internet<\/a> peers\u2019 initiatives reflected the strong investor appetite for AI chip firms and growing demand for alternative computing resources in the domestic AI sector, as Beijing pushed for greater technology self-reliance to overcome <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/us-sanctions-china?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US tech sanctions<\/a>.<a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/hangzhou?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hangzhou<\/a>-based Alibaba was said to be preparing chip design unit <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/big-tech\/article\/3212122\/alibabas-chip-unit-t-head-steps-risc-v-development-china-pushes-open-source-architecture-face-us?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">T-Head<\/a> to <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/tech-trends\/article\/3340882\/alibaba-prepares-potential-spin-listing-chip-unit-t-head?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">go public<\/a>, according to a Bloomberg report on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Alibaba, owner of the South China Morning Post, did not reply to a request for comment.Alibaba\u2019s <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/hong-kong-stock-exchange?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hong Kong<\/a>-listed shares gained 2.3 per cent on Friday to close at HK$168.50, following that report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The two Chinese internet peers\u2019 initiatives reflected the strong investor appetite for AI chip firms and growing demand&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[220,129414,8065,218,219,5840,2102,6158,114,129416,129412,129411,129410,240,61,6455,60,129408,113691,96317,233,129409,81765,129413,128217,80,15744,129415],"class_list":{"0":"post-261506","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-ai-chip-firms","10":"tag-alibaba","11":"tag-artificial-intelligence","12":"tag-artificialintelligence","13":"tag-baidu","14":"tag-beijing","15":"tag-cambricon-technologies","16":"tag-china","17":"tag-enflame","18":"tag-gary-ng","19":"tag-graphics-processing-unit","20":"tag-h20","21":"tag-hong-kong","22":"tag-ie","23":"tag-initial-public-offering","24":"tag-ireland","25":"tag-kunlunxin-beijing-technology","26":"tag-metax-integrated-circuits","27":"tag-moore-threads-technology","28":"tag-nvidia","29":"tag-ppu","30":"tag-risc-v","31":"tag-shanghai-biren-technology","32":"tag-t-head","33":"tag-technology","34":"tag-tencent-holdings","35":"tag-us-tech-sanctions"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}