Chinese tech giants are reportedly using Silicon Valley to recruit for their AI projects. Companies such as ByteDance and Alibaba have recently begun expanding their offices in California as they seek to poach workers from American competitors for their generative artificial intelligence (AI) efforts, the...
Alibaba Group saw its offerings in artificial intelligence (AI) drive growth in both its retail and its cloud businesses during the quarter ended Sept. 30. “This quarter, our core business segments maintained steady growth guided by our user-first, AI-driven strategy,” Alibaba Group CEO Eddie Wu said...
Alibaba reportedly unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search engine designed to help small businesses in Europe and the Americas source supplies. Dubbed Accio, the search engine finds wholesale products in response to businesses’ text or image prompts, CNBC reported Tuesday (Nov. 12), saying it had viewed demonstrations of...
Alibaba’s release of over 100 open-source artificial intelligence models and text-to-video technology signals its growing focus on AI for digital commerce. The Chinese tech company’s expansion in generative AI aims to provide businesses with new tools for customer engagement and content creation in online retail...
June 06, 2024
The B2B landscape finds itself on the cusp of a new, digital era. And with the news Thursday (June 6) that eCommerce platform Alibaba has launched a new B2B-focused marketplace solution, Alibaba Guaranteed, embracing the future of digital procurement is top of mind for buyers and suppliers across industries. That’s because while traditional B2B procurement […]
March 29, 2023
In an ambitious and far reaching move, China is signaling a new approach to Big Tech. And by extension, entrepreneurship and innovation will blossom. Split six ways, you might say...
November 11, 2022
Started by Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba.com as a kind of Valentine’s Day for the unattached to buy gifts for themselves, the annual Nov. 11 Single’s Day phenom has since grown...
November 03, 2021
In the great supply chain snarl that has been a hallmark of recent months, as the holiday season looms, it has been the smaller suppliers that have been the most...
November 21, 2024
Chinese conglomerate Alibaba is combining its domestic and international eCommerce businesses into one unit. According to a Thursday (Nov. 21) securities filing, the new Alibaba E-commerce Business Group melds together the company’s Taobao and Tmall Group and the Alibaba International Digital Commerce (AIDC) Group. Fan Jiang, CEO of Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group, will become chief executive of […]
November 19, 2024
Chinese tech giants are reportedly using Silicon Valley to recruit for their AI projects. Companies such as ByteDance and Alibaba have recently begun expanding their offices in California as they...
November 15, 2024
Alibaba Group saw its offerings in artificial intelligence (AI) drive growth in both its retail and its cloud businesses during the quarter ended Sept. 30. “This quarter, our core business...
November 12, 2024
Alibaba reportedly unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search engine designed to help small businesses in Europe and the Americas source supplies. Dubbed Accio, the search engine finds wholesale products in response to...
