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Alibaba Joins AI Race with a $52 Billion Investment Over Three Years
Alibaba announces a $52 billion investment in AI and cloud computing over the next three years, aiming to lead China's tech race.
Paris Olympics Collaborates With Alibaba's Energy Expert to Reduce Venue's Carbon Emissions
The upcoming Paris Olympics will be using Alibaba’s AI-powered Energy Expert tool to reduce venue emissions, supporting both the Games' sustainability goals and Alibaba’s carbon neutrality targets.
Alibaba Launches ‘Alibaba Guaranteed’ to Target European, US Small Businesses
The Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba has been fast-tracking its global expansion by launching its ‘Alibaba Guaranteed’ service that would be aiming to target small businesses in the United States and Europe.
Alibaba Introduces David Beckham as AliExpress's New Global E-Commerce Brand Ambassador
David Beckham is the global brand ambassador for AliExpress as the e-commerce platform tries to expand internationally.
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Alibaba's Local Services Group (LSG) head, Yu Yongfu, will be leaving his role by March's end amid the company's restructuring, with younger leaders stepping up.
The ownership stakes by the state ranged from below 10% to below 30% as China tightens control over its tech sector.
Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma, a longstanding figure in China's technology sector, is diversifying his business ventures into the food industry with the establishment of a new company, "Hangzhou Ma's Kitchen Food."
Alibaba Pictures, Tencent Lead $360M Investment In Bona Film Group China's one of the leasing companies, Alibaba Pictures Group and Tencent Holdings have led a RMB 2.
Alibaba is investing $1.48B for its Digital Media and Entertainment. Likewise, it has been entering some investment deals like the one with Youtube.
Alibaba is really on expansion with $1.5B Entertainment Fund. The worldwide trader Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is stepping up investments in the entertainment industry with the formation of a new media group along with a fund of more than 10 billion yuan ($1.
Alibaba is about to acquire Singaporean start-up Lazada for about $1 billion that was established by the German technology Rocket Internet. Existing shareholders including Tesco, AB Kinnevik and Rocket Internet will sell a portion of their shares to Alibaba.
As a response to China’s new anti-terror law, 25 tech companies in the country have signed a pledge to help the government combat online terror activities. Under the law, tech companies are required to decrypt information for Beijing and provide assistance to keep the internet from terror-related contents.
Ele.me secured a $1.25 billion investment from Alibaba and its finance business unit Ant Financial. China’s O2O business market are now booming as most Chinese consumers are using smartphones to do their daily activities.
Investments in Chinese tech companies had a 50% surge in the first quarter of 2016. Nevertheless, many of the investments were spent in the big startups.