Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) Latest Company News

Aug 24, 2026, 13:00 UTC
Thomson Reuters launched its own AI model, Thomson-1, built on a realigned version of Alibaba's Qwen3.5 model, to reduce reliance on Anthropic's Claude.
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Aug 24, 2026, 10:25 UTC
Southbound Stock Connect funds recorded net inflows into Tracker Fund of Hong Kong, Alibaba, and Tencent, and net outflows from SMIC and Zhipu on 2026-08-24.
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- aastocks.com
Aug 24, 2026, 09:17 UTC
XPeng Robotics announced the completion of its first financing round of over $900 million, with a post-money valuation of over $6.3 billion (about 43 billion yuan), setting a record for single-round private equity financing in China's embodied intelligence industry.
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Aug 24, 2026, 02:51 UTC
Alibaba's subsidiary Shanghai Aslan Business Travel Service Co., Ltd. has fully established a new company, Zhejiang Alibaba Business Travel Technology Co., Ltd., with a registered capital of 10 million yuan, to provide business travel and agency services.
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- finance.sina.cn
Aug 23, 2026, 23:51 UTC
Michael Burry sold all his holdings in Alibaba and switched to JD.com, citing overvaluation.
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Aug 21, 2026, 15:55 UTC
Lazada unveiled its 'Global Full-Domain Ecosystem' for Chinese brands, including the 'One-Click Light Overseas' project, on August 20, 2026.
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- nbd.com.cn
- wap.eastmoney.com
Aug 21, 2026, 07:03 UTC
Alibaba disclosed during its earnings call that its AI agent Accio Work, launched for cross-border e-commerce merchants, has attracted over 50,000 paying merchants.
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- finance.sina.cn
Aug 21, 2026, 05:31 UTC
Chinese robotics startup Dexmal is seeking a valuation of around 20 billion yuan ($3 billion) in an ongoing funding round, demonstrating strong investor interest in the country's firms chasing a breakthrough in physical artificial intelligence.
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- bloomberg.com
- aastocks.com
Aug 21, 2026, 04:38 UTC
Alibaba Cloud announced plans to increase the proportion of self-developed chips in its data centers, replacing commercially purchased chips, to improve competitiveness and gross margins.
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- theregister.com
Aug 20, 2026, 09:35 UTC
Alibaba announced that its Zhenwu series chips have achieved large-scale commercial deployment.
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Aug 20, 2026, 09:33 UTC
Alibaba Group announced the start of a strategic restructuring effective this quarter.
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- finance.sina.cn
- wap.eastmoney.com
Aug 19, 2026, 19:19 UTC
A life insurance policy's residual cash value right was auctioned on Alibaba Asset platform, with 41 bids and a final price of 161,700 yuan, an over 80% premium over the starting price of 89,700 yuan.
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- wap.eastmoney.com
- m.21jingji.com
Aug 19, 2026, 09:58 UTC
Weibo released its Q2 2026 financial results on August 19, 2026, reporting total quarterly revenue of $453.8 million (about HK$3.585 billion), including advertising revenue of $381 million, and adjusted operating profit of $125.4 million with a 28% adjusted operating margin.
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Aug 19, 2026, 01:01 UTC
AI video platform Shengshu Technology, backed by Alibaba, is considering an IPO in Hong Kong next year, aiming to raise over $500 million, and is working with CICC and CITIC Securities.
Source:
- aastocks.com
Aug 18, 2026, 23:00 UTC
A Forbes investigation reveals that American startups supplying datasets to OpenAI, Anthropic, and the U.S. military are also selling the same refined data to Chinese AI labs, including Tencent, Ant Group, Alibaba, and ByteDance, forming a $500 million annual data supply chain.
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- redstate.com
Aug 18, 2026, 10:35 UTC
Alibaba's Alipay launched a new all-in-one platform for businesses to use AI agents to automate tasks.
Source:
- techmeme.com
Aug 18, 2026, 10:18 UTC
LimX Dynamics, a robotics company backed by Alibaba, confidentially filed for a Hong Kong IPO to raise up to $300 million.
Source:
- bloomberg.com
Aug 18, 2026, 08:38 UTC
Alibaba's Amap upgraded its cross-border travel service for Guangdong vehicles traveling south to Hong Kong, adding new features such as route planning, traffic regulation reminders, and hotel and parking information.
Source:
- aastocks.com
- aastocks.com
Aug 18, 2026, 08:15 UTC
Apple has trained a China-specific AI model in partnership with Alibaba Group, and plans to launch Apple Intelligence in China in the coming months after an iOS update.
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- gdnonline.com
Aug 18, 2026, 08:09 UTC
Alipay, an affiliate of Alibaba Group, launched a new merchant platform, boosting Alibaba shares.
Source:
- bloomberg.com
Aug 17, 2026, 23:59 UTC
The Trump administration formally designated Alibaba and Baidu as Chinese military companies, banned the Defense Department from contracting with them, and placed Z.ai on a national security restricted-trade list.
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- techtimes.com
Aug 17, 2026, 17:09 UTC
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. sold its gaming unit Lingxi Games for over $2 billion.
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- gurufocus.com
Aug 17, 2026, 08:06 UTC
Alipay released China's first full-stack intelligent agent commercial base and the AHA protocol system for multi-agent cross-device interconnection, and announced that its super service agent 'Abao' has completed AI-enabled integration of over 10,000 services, supporting 5 major phone brands and 16 mainstream car manufacturers.
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Aug 14, 2026, 09:54 UTC
On August 14, southbound capital (Hong Kong Stock Connect) net sold HK$1.316 billion of Hong Kong stocks, with net purchases in MINIMAX, Zhipu, Tencent, SMIC, YOFC, and Kingboard Laminates, and net sales in Lenovo, Alibaba, Meituan, and Hua Hong.
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- aastocks.com
Aug 14, 2026, 04:21 UTC
Apple has trained its own large language model for the China market, with support from Alibaba, according to sources.
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Aug 14, 2026, 04:18 UTC
Trustar Capital is nearing a deal to acquire Alibaba Group's gaming business, Lingxi Games, after beating multiple bidders, with talks ongoing and no final decision made.
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Aug 13, 2026, 09:06 UTC
Beijing Municipal Water Authority partnered with AutoNavi (Gaode), an Alibaba Group subsidiary, to integrate data from nearly 800 official waterlogging monitoring points into Gaode's 'Waterlogging Map', enabling real-time updates of water depth accurate to the centimeter.
Source:
- finance.sina.cn
Aug 8, 2026, 09:01 UTC
Apple announced on its official website that Apple Intelligence can work with Alibaba's Qwen model.
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Aug 6, 2026, 09:58 UTC
On August 6, southbound capital net sold HK$1.461 billion of Hong Kong stocks, with net buying of MINIMAX, Kingboard Laminates, and YOFC, and net selling of Tencent, Alibaba, SMIC, Xiaomi, Pop Mart, and Hua Hong.
Source:
- aastocks.com
Jul 21, 2026, 05:27 UTC
Alibaba Group's subsidiary AutoNavi (Gaode) officially launched a new location-sharing feature called 'Location Passcode'.
Source:
- finance.sina.cn
Jul 11, 2026, 14:45 UTC
A US judge in the Northern District of California ordered the Department of Defence not to enforce a lobbying prohibition against Alibaba while the court considers Alibaba's constitutional challenge to the statute.
Source:
- thestar.com.my
Jul 9, 2026, 14:20 UTC
Alibaba won a US court case against the Pentagon, easing fears of delisting or punishment by Washington.
Source:
- beincrypto.com

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Thomson Reuters launched its own AI model, Thomson-1, built on a realigned version of Alibaba's Qwen3.5 model, to reduce reliance on Anthropic's Claude.

Southbound Stock Connect funds recorded net inflows into Tracker Fund of Hong Kong, Alibaba, and Tencent, and net outflows from SMIC and Zhipu on 2026-08-24.

XPeng Robotics announced the completion of its first financing round of over $900 million, with a post-money valuation of over $6.3 billion (about 43 billion yuan), setting a record for single-round private equity financing in China's embodied intelligence industry.

Alibaba's subsidiary Shanghai Aslan Business Travel Service Co., Ltd. has fully established a new company, Zhejiang Alibaba Business Travel Technology Co., Ltd., with a registered capital of 10 million yuan, to provide business travel and agency services.

Michael Burry sold all his holdings in Alibaba and switched to JD.com, citing overvaluation.

Lazada unveiled its 'Global Full-Domain Ecosystem' for Chinese brands, including the 'One-Click Light Overseas' project, on August 20, 2026.

Alibaba disclosed during its earnings call that its AI agent Accio Work, launched for cross-border e-commerce merchants, has attracted over 50,000 paying merchants.

Chinese robotics startup Dexmal is seeking a valuation of around 20 billion yuan ($3 billion) in an ongoing funding round, demonstrating strong investor interest in the country's firms chasing a breakthrough in physical artificial intelligence.

Alibaba Cloud announced plans to increase the proportion of self-developed chips in its data centers, replacing commercially purchased chips, to improve competitiveness and gross margins.

Alibaba announced that its Zhenwu series chips have achieved large-scale commercial deployment.

Alibaba Group announced the start of a strategic restructuring effective this quarter.

A life insurance policy's residual cash value right was auctioned on Alibaba Asset platform, with 41 bids and a final price of 161,700 yuan, an over 80% premium over the starting price of 89,700 yuan.

Weibo released its Q2 2026 financial results on August 19, 2026, reporting total quarterly revenue of $453.8 million (about HK$3.585 billion), including advertising revenue of $381 million, and adjusted operating profit of $125.4 million with a 28% adjusted operating margin.

AI video platform Shengshu Technology, backed by Alibaba, is considering an IPO in Hong Kong next year, aiming to raise over $500 million, and is working with CICC and CITIC Securities.

A Forbes investigation reveals that American startups supplying datasets to OpenAI, Anthropic, and the U.S. military are also selling the same refined data to Chinese AI labs, including Tencent, Ant Group, Alibaba, and ByteDance, forming a $500 million annual data supply chain.

Alibaba's Alipay launched a new all-in-one platform for businesses to use AI agents to automate tasks.

LimX Dynamics, a robotics company backed by Alibaba, confidentially filed for a Hong Kong IPO to raise up to $300 million.

Alibaba's Amap upgraded its cross-border travel service for Guangdong vehicles traveling south to Hong Kong, adding new features such as route planning, traffic regulation reminders, and hotel and parking information.

Apple has trained a China-specific AI model in partnership with Alibaba Group, and plans to launch Apple Intelligence in China in the coming months after an iOS update.

Alipay, an affiliate of Alibaba Group, launched a new merchant platform, boosting Alibaba shares.

The Trump administration formally designated Alibaba and Baidu as Chinese military companies, banned the Defense Department from contracting with them, and placed Z.ai on a national security restricted-trade list.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. sold its gaming unit Lingxi Games for over $2 billion.

On August 14, southbound capital (Hong Kong Stock Connect) net sold HK$1.316 billion of Hong Kong stocks, with net purchases in MINIMAX, Zhipu, Tencent, SMIC, YOFC, and Kingboard Laminates, and net sales in Lenovo, Alibaba, Meituan, and Hua Hong.

Apple has trained its own large language model for the China market, with support from Alibaba, according to sources.

Trustar Capital is nearing a deal to acquire Alibaba Group's gaming business, Lingxi Games, after beating multiple bidders, with talks ongoing and no final decision made.

Beijing Municipal Water Authority partnered with AutoNavi (Gaode), an Alibaba Group subsidiary, to integrate data from nearly 800 official waterlogging monitoring points into Gaode's 'Waterlogging Map', enabling real-time updates of water depth accurate to the centimeter.

Apple announced on its official website that Apple Intelligence can work with Alibaba's Qwen model.

On August 6, southbound capital net sold HK$1.461 billion of Hong Kong stocks, with net buying of MINIMAX, Kingboard Laminates, and YOFC, and net selling of Tencent, Alibaba, SMIC, Xiaomi, Pop Mart, and Hua Hong.

Alibaba Group's subsidiary AutoNavi (Gaode) officially launched a new location-sharing feature called 'Location Passcode'.

A US judge in the Northern District of California ordered the Department of Defence not to enforce a lobbying prohibition against Alibaba while the court considers Alibaba's constitutional challenge to the statute.

Alibaba won a US court case against the Pentagon, easing fears of delisting or punishment by Washington.