Alibaba forms new AI-focused business group

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) has created a caller concern radical dedicated to artificial intelligence, the institution said connected Monday, arsenic it looks to accelerate adoption of its Qwen AI models and fortify integration crossed its user and endeavor products.

The caller unit, called Alibaba Token Hub (ATH) Business Group, volition beryllium led straight by Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu, according to a institution property release.

ATH volition bring unneurotic aggregate AI teams, including Tongyi Laboratory, which develops multimodal instauration models; the MaaS Business Line, which builds AI method infrastructure; the Qwen Business Unit, liable for a idiosyncratic AI assistant; the recently formed Wukong Business Unit, focused connected an AI-native enactment level for enterprises; and the AI Innovation Business Unit, which explores emerging AI applications.

“ATH is built astir a azygous organizing mission: make tokens, present tokens, and use tokens,” Wu said successful an interior missive shared successful the release. He added the group’s mandate is to thrust strategical coordination crossed Alibaba’s AI businesses, embed AI into workflows, and support agility.

The token hub portion volition besides oversee Alibaba’s DingTalk workplace level and Quark-branded devices, including astute glasses, Bloomberg reported. The reorganization follows the departure of Lin Junyang, caput of the Qwen AI division, and is aimed astatine improving collaboration among researchers, merchandise teams, and designers portion speeding up adoption of Qwen models.

Alibaba has introduced respective AI-related products this year, including a mobile app for deploying AI agents, a exemplary to assistance robots admit objects and interact with the carnal world, and consumer-facing tools enabling in-app payments, nutrient orders, question bookings, and different services.

Shares of Alibaba roseate astir 1.9% connected Monday. The institution is scheduled to study its third-quarter net connected March 19.