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Alibaba to sell Lingxi Games in more than $2 billion deal, source says

By Kane Wu and Eduardo Baptista HONG KONG, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Alibaba Group is expected to reap more than $2 billion from the sale of its game developer unit Lingxi Games to private ‌equity firm Trustar Capital, a person familiar with the matter …

Alibaba (BABA) Nears $1.5 Billion Lingxi Games Deal As AI Focus Sharpens

Never miss an important update on your stock portfolio and cut through the noise. Over 7 million investors trust Simply Wall St to stay informed where it matters for FREE. Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA) is in advanced talks to sell its gaming unit, Lingxi …

Alibaba to sell Lingxi Games for over $1.5B to Trustar as AI focus grows: report

[Millennial-aged man playing E-sports on his computer] Trevor Williams * Alibaba Group Holding (BABA [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/BABA]) is reportedly selling its gaming arm in a deal worth at least $1.5B that will boost the Chinese e-commerce leader’s pivot to AI. * Asian private equity firm Trustar …

Alibaba to Sell Gaming Arm for $1.5 Billion in Boost to AI Pivot

(Bloomberg) -- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is selling its gaming arm in a deal worth at least $1.5 billion that will boost the Chinese e-commerce leader's pivot to AI. Most Read from Bloomberg Covert Mideast Oil Flows Are Keeping Global Prices in Check Anthropic …

Alibaba Qwen AI downloads hit 3B, surpassing Meta, Google: Bloomberg

[Alibaba company logo on office building] Robert Way The Qwen family of open-weight AI models from Alibaba (BABA [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/BABA]) recorded more than 3B global downloads over the past six months, becoming the world’s leading AI model, surpassing U.S. rivals Meta (META [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/META]) and Alphabet's …

Alibaba AI Models Hit 3 Billion Downloads, Passing Meta, Google

(Bloomberg) -- Alibaba Group Holding's open-weight models have accumulated more than 3 billion global downloads in the past six months, eclipsing Meta Platforms Inc., Alphabet Inc. and domestic peers to become the world's No. 1 artificial-intelligence model. Most Read from Bloomberg US Readies Unprecedented …

Catalyst Watch: Eyes on Walmart, Alibaba, Reddit, and McDonald's energy drink push

[Stock exchange building columns stock market finance] alexsl Welcome to Seeking Alpha's Catalyst Watch - a breakdown of some of next week's actionable events that stand out. Read more about the events that may impact stock prices next week. MONDAY - AUGUST 17 * …

Ação da Alibaba pode oscilar 5,7% com resultados em 20 de agosto - Investing.com Brasil

Alibaba (BABA) Stock May Be 37% Undervalued After Qwen Licensing Shift

Get insights on thousands of stocks from the global community of over 7 million individual investors at Simply Wall St. Alibaba Group Holding stock has delivered a 49.2% gain over the past three years, yet valuation checks suggest the market price may still sit …

Open Weights, Closed Revenue Ceiling: Alibaba’s Qwen 3.8 License Is a Platform Play, Not a Gift

Alibaba's release of the Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B open weights is not a surrender to the open-source ethos; it is a calculated exercise in platform capture. By abandoning the permissive Apache 2.0 license used for previous iterations in favor of a restrictive, custom Qwen3.8-Max License, Alibaba is …

Alibaba (BABA) Stock Dips While Market Gains: Key Facts

Alibaba (BABA) closed the most recent trading day at $125.22, moving -2.06% from the previous trading session. The stock's change was less than the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.26%. Meanwhile, the Dow lost 0.04%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 0.54%. Coming …

Alibaba Is Up 44% Off Its Low. Its August 20 Earnings Will Test the Rally

Unlocking Alibaba’s (BABA) Transformation Beyond Distribution

JB Global Capital, an investment firm, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The fund declined 12.1% in Q2, largely driven by Alibaba, its largest holding. However, since inception on January 3, 2023, the fund has …

What Does Alibaba (BABA) Qwen Royalty Model Mean For Its AI Business?

Make better investment decisions with Simply Wall St's easy, visual tools that give you a competitive edge. Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA) plans to introduce a revenue-sharing model for commercial users of its upcoming Qwen3.8-Max open-source AI model. The company aims to monetize open-weight AI …

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ROSEN, A LEADING LAW FIRM, Encourages Alibaba Group Holding Limited Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in Securities Class Action – BABA

NEW YORK, Aug. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces it has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of securities of Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA) between June 26, 2025 and …

Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman LLC Urges Alibaba Group Holding Limited Investors to Act: Class Action Filed Alleging Investor Harm

NEW YORK, Aug. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC, a nationally recognized investor-rights law firm, announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA) and certain of its officers. This lawsuit seeks to …

Apple brings Alibaba's Qwen AI model to Mac users in China

[Apple Store at 5th Ave in Manhattan, New York City] ozgurdonmaz/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images Apple (AAPL [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/AAPL]) has published a guide for Mac users in mainland China explaining how to connect Alibaba's (BABA [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/BABA]) Qwen artificial intelligence service to the company’s Siri and …

Alibaba Pioneers Revenue Share on Open-Weight Models — the First Chinese Lab to Tax Deployment

Alibaba is fundamentally altering the economics of artificial intelligence by pioneering a revenue-share model for its upcoming open-weight models. With the release of Qwen3.8 expected around August 10, 2026, the company is moving to formalize a monetization layer that targets the deployment of these …

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Market Chatter: Alibaba Plans Revenue Sharing With Big Customers of New Qwen AI Model

Alibaba (BABA) plans to demand revenue share from major users of the next version of its Qwen open-s PREMIUM Upgrade to read this MT Newswires article and get so much more. A Silver or Gold subscription plan is required to access premium news articles. …

Alibaba Group Will Announce June Quarter 2026 Results on August 20, 2026

HONG KONG, August 07, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA and HKEX: 9988 (HKD Counter) and 89988 (RMB Counter), "Alibaba" or "Alibaba Group") today announced that it will report its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 before the U.S. …

Alibaba may start charging for use of latest AI model

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Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) Faces A Lawsuit, Is The Stock Still Cheap?

Make better investment decisions with Simply Wall St's easy, visual tools that give you a competitive edge. Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA) is back in the spotlight after Rosen Law Firm filed a class action lawsuit covering investors who bought the stock between June 26, …

Exclusive-Alibaba plans to charge big users of its next open-source AI model, sources say

By Stephen Nellis and Eduardo Baptista Aug 7 (Reuters) - Chinese technology giant Alibaba plans to ask major users of the next version of its Qwen open-source AI model for a share of revenue they make from the hotly anticipated offering, according to two …

Here's Why Alibaba (BABA) Fell More Than Broader Market

Alibaba (BABA) closed the most recent trading day at $126.81, moving -1.34% from the previous trading session. The stock trailed the S&P 500, which registered a daily loss of 0.18%. At the same time, the Dow lost 0.85%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.06%. …

Qwen3.8-Max: The Capability War Begins — Alibaba Matches US Closed-Model Pricing on Eve of Open-Weights Drop

Alibaba's August 3, 2026, release of Qwen3.8-Max is not a standard product launch; it is a calculated disruption of the global artificial intelligence hierarchy. By setting its API pricing at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens on the OpenRouter …

DeepSeek Matched Gemini 3.6 Flash at 3 Cents Per Benchmark Test. Alibaba (BABA) Is Turning Alphabet’s (GOOGL) China Problem Into a Price War

DeepSeek gave Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) and Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) a revealing price comparison on August 3. Artificial Analysis estimated that DeepSeek's V4-Flash averaged just $0.03 to complete each test in its benchmark suite while scoring 50 on its Intelligence Index, matching Google's …

China Is Getting More Anxious About Mythos Before Trump Meets Xi

(Bloomberg) -- China is growing anxious that Anthropic PBC's Mythos could be wielded against the world's second-biggest economy, adding a volatile new issue to already heightened tensions before a planned summit between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump. Most Read from Bloomberg Beer Dynasty Families …

Alibaba Stock Jumps 4.5% After Unveiling Massive New AI Model

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA), a Chinese e-commerce and cloud-computing company, jumped approximately 4.5% in Monday's U.S. regular-session trading after unveiling its largest and most capable artificial-intelligence model. Its Hong Kong-listed shares rose approximately 7%. The new Qwen3.8-Max system contains …

Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max Intensifies AI Battle With U.S. Rivals

Alibaba BABA has unveiled Qwen3.8-Max, its latest flagship Large Language Model, intensifying the AI race between Chinese and U.S. peers including OpenAI, Alphabet GOOGL, Meta Platforms META and Anthropic. Per Bloomberg, which cited Jing Daily, Alibaba claims that the 2.4-trillion-parameter mixture-of-experts (MoE) model outperforms …

Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) Is Up 9.0% After Launching Open-Weight Qwen3.8-Max AI Model - What's Changed

Alibaba recently unveiled Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4 trillion-parameter AI model that it claims matches leading global systems and plans to release as open weights for developers worldwide. This move ties Alibaba's core cloud and AI efforts more tightly to the global open-source ecosystem, potentially increasing …

Alibaba's Latest AI Move Is Getting Investors' Attention

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (BABA, Financials) soared almost 7% in Hong Kong after the Chinese e-commerce and cloud computing corporation announced Qwen3.8-Max, its new flagship artificial intelligence model.The model is on par with leading worldwide artificial …