{"id":249484,"date":"2026-01-24T11:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/249484\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T11:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:39:08","slug":"alibaba-baidus-ipo-plans-for-ai-chip-design-units-heighten-chinas-self-reliance-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/249484\/","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":249485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[365,145124,619,363,364,8517,4177,8869,607,145126,72429,10294,145122,4431,10650,145120,127523,109630,111,139,1042,69,145121,93758,145123,143757,145,20009,145125],"class_list":["post-249484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-ai-chip-firms","tag-alibaba","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-baidu","tag-beijing","tag-cambricon-technologies","tag-china","tag-enflame","tag-gary-ng","tag-graphics-processing-unit","tag-h20","tag-hong-kong","tag-initial-public-offering","tag-kunlunxin-beijing-technology","tag-metax-integrated-circuits","tag-moore-threads-technology","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nvidia","tag-nz","tag-ppu","tag-risc-v","tag-shanghai-biren-technology","tag-t-head","tag-technology","tag-tencent-holdings","tag-us-tech-sanctions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}