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Alibaba Q1 Earnings Preview: Chinese Giant Turns To AI, Cloud Growth After E-Commerce Dominance

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA) may reveal how global issues are impacting the company and how diversification into AI might help future growth when the company reports its first-quarter financial results on Friday before the market opens.

What's Going On With Alibaba Stock Thursday?

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE:BABA) shares are in focus ahead of the company’s quarterly results, as investors weigh its AI ambitions, cloud growth, and lingering concerns over China’s market risks.

Chinese Stocks Sink As Bubble Fears Revive Memories Of 2015 Crash

Chinese Stocks Sink As Bubble Fears Revive Memories Of 2015 Crash

U.S.-listed Chinese stocks slid on Wednesday as investors grew increasingly wary of parallels to the country’s 2015 stock market bubble, when a liquidity-driven rally pushed valuations far beyond economic fundamentals.

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DeepSeek's New AI Model Sparks Rally In Chinese Tech And EV Stocks As Nvidia Retreats

Chinese tech and EV stocks surged Friday after AI startup DeepSeek unveiled its upgraded V3.1 AI model designed to run on domestic chips, igniting optimism around Beijing’s drive for AI independence just as Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) halted production of its China-only H20 chip.

TikTok Parent ByteDance Takes Aim At Alibaba, DeepSeek With New Open-Source AI Model

ByteDance released a new open-source AI model on Wednesday, aiming to challenge rivals Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) Cloud and DeepSeek in the global market.

Howard Lutnick's 'Insulting' Words Trigger Backlash In Beijing As Regulators Pressure Alibaba, ByteDance To Shun Nvidia Chips: Report

Beijing has reportedly moved to curb sales of Nvidia Corporation's (NASDAQ:NVDA) China-specific AI chip after U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick made remarks about export policy that Chinese officials reportedly found "insulting."

Alibaba Unites Its Empire To Fight Back Against Meituan

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) and its fintech affiliate Ant Group, co-founded by Jack Ma, have launched a unified strategy to take on Meituan (OTC:MPNGY) in China’s instant commerce market.

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Alibaba's AI Momentum Builds As Qwen Coder Gains Market Share

Alibaba's AI Momentum Builds As Qwen Coder Gains Market Share

Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) and Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) led China’s public cloud services for artificial intelligence in 2024, each capturing roughly 25% of a market that expanded 55% to 19.6 billion yuan ($2.7 billion), IDC reported Monday.

Option Volatility And Earnings Report For Aug 18 – 22

Option Volatility And Earnings Report For Aug 18 – 22

It’s another reasonably quiet week for earnings with some key retailers taking centre stage. This week, we have Home Depot, Walmart, Target, Lowe’s, Palo Alto Networks and Alibaba reporting.

Alibaba Launches AI-Powered Agent To Automate Merchant Operations

Alibaba Launches AI-Powered Agent To Automate Merchant Operations

Alibaba Group’s (NYSE:BABA) international commerce arm launched the Accio Agent on Thursday to help merchants source products and supplies, aiming to transform online business operations.

Alibaba, Nio Lead Gains As US And China Extend Trade Truce

Alibaba, Nio Lead Gains As US And China Extend Trade Truce

Chinese tech and EV stocks surged Wednesday after Washington and Beijing extended their trade truce by 90 days, averting a tariff escalation and fueling hopes for improved economic ties between the world’s two largest economies.

Beijing Asks Alibaba, ByteDance Why They Need Nvidia H20 Chips Instead Of Local Alternatives

Beijing Asks Alibaba, ByteDance Why They Need Nvidia H20 Chips Instead Of Local Alternatives

Beijing is pressuring major Chinese tech companies, including Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) and ByteDance, to justify their purchases of Nvidia's (NASDAQ:NVDA) H20 artificial intelligence chips instead of opting for domestic alternatives.

Alibaba Faces Fierce AI Talent Poaching As Rivals Lure Top Qwen Model Engineers

Alibaba Faces Fierce AI Talent Poaching As Rivals Lure Top Qwen Model Engineers

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) has become a prime target in China’s artificial intelligence (AI) talent war as rival tech giants poach senior experts from its Tongyi Lab, the developer of the widely used open-source Qwen models.

Yum China Posts Record Q2 Margins, Alibaba Veteran Joins Board

Yum China Posts Record Q2 Margins, Alibaba Veteran Joins Board

Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) reported second-quarter adjusted earnings per share of 58 cents, beating the analyst consensus estimate of 57 cents.

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China's Crackdown Forces Alibaba, JD, And Meituan To Call Truce On Price War

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA), Meituan (OTC:MPNGY), and JD.com (NASDAQ:JD) pledged on Friday to end aggressive price-based competition that has squeezed margins and drawn regulatory scrutiny.

Alibaba Just Made the First AI-Powered Glasses. Should You Buy, Sell, or Hold BABA Stock Here?

Alibaba has just announced its entry into the smart glasses market with its first AI-powered glasses.

Alibaba, Amazon, Shein Brace For Impact As Trump Nixes Duty-Free Threshold

President Donald Trump has introduced a sweeping tariff policy aimed squarely at online retail giants such as Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA), Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), PDD Holdings (NASDAQ:PDD), the parent of Temu, and fast-fashion heavyweight Shein.

Wall Street Is Betting on Alibaba Stock. Should You?

With strong momentum in both its core e-commerce operations and its fast-growing AI-driven cloud computing division, Alibaba is laying a solid foundation for sustainable growth.

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China's AI Powerhouse Goes Wearable

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) (NYSE:BABAF) is strapping on its comeback story—literally. The Hangzhou, China-based tech giant has unveiled its first-ever AI-powered smart glasses, betting $52.4 billion on AI and cloud growth to reboot its image and revenues.

Alibaba Cloud Founder Says True Innovation Doesn't Need Expensive Hires As Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Rolls Out Hundred Million Dollar Packages

Wang Jian, the founder of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s (NYSE:BABA) cloud and AI unit, expressed that exorbitant salaries for AI talent are not essential for true innovation.

Alibaba's New AI Glasses Let You Pay, Navigate, And More

Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA) has entered China’s competitive smart glasses market, unveiling its first AI-powered wearable, Quark AI glasses, at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai.

Alibaba Cloud Pioneer Says He Doesn't Like AGI, ASI Classifications: 'It Just Means You Get More Capability. That's It'

Alibaba Group Holdings (NYSE:BABA) Cloud pioneer Wang Jian has pushed back against the buzz around artificial general intelligence (AGI) and artificial superintelligence (ASI), arguing that such labels oversimplify the nuanced growth of AI systems.

Alibaba, Chinese Tech Firms Slash AI Model Prices To Win Developers

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) stock is trading lower on Friday amid reports indicating the e-commerce juggernaut and other major Chinese tech firms have slashed the prices of AI coding models to roughly one-fifth of what leading international rivals charge.

Alibaba's Latest AI Model Outperforms ChatGPT, DeepSeek

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) launched an upgraded version of its third-generation Qwen3 family of large language models (LLMs), enhancing its AI capabilities in math and coding to outperform top models from OpenAI and DeepSeek in key benchmarks.

Party's Over: China Tells Alibaba, Meituan, JD To Stop Bleeding

On Friday, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) called upon three of the country’s leading food delivery platforms: Alibaba Group’s (NYSE:BABA) Ele.me, Meituan (OTC:MPNGY), and JD.com (NASDAQ:JD). The regulator urged these companies to adopt more “rational” competitive practices amidst an escalating price war within the sector.

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