Alibaba Unifies AI Under Qwen, Launches 7.9 Yuan Coding Platform and Zhenwu 810E Chip
Alibaba unified its AI efforts under the “Qwen” brand, consolidating foundation and domain-specific models while the Qwen app processed nearly 200 million one-sentence orders over Lunar New Year. Its cloud unit launched a coding platform at 7.9 yuan/month and introduced the Zhenwu 810E AI chip, comparable to Nvidia’s H20.
1. Unified Qwen AI Brand
Alibaba has consolidated its large language models and AI research under the “Qwen” brand (千问大模型 in Chinese), unifying foundation and domain-specific models. Tongyi Lab retains its role as the company’s AI research arm while the Qwen portfolio becomes the face of its AI strategy.
2. Qwen App Usage
The Qwen consumer app recorded nearly 200 million one-sentence orders during Lunar New Year, highlighting strong user engagement and demand for generative AI services in conversational and content-generation tasks.
3. Low-Cost AI Coding Tool
Alibaba Cloud introduced a low-cost AI coding platform that offers access to models like Qwen 3.5, Zhipu AI, Moonshot AI and MiniMax under a single subscription. The lite tier is priced at 7.9 yuan for the first month and 40 yuan thereafter, while the pro tier costs 39.9 yuan initially and 200 yuan subsequently.
4. Zhenwu 810E AI Chip
The company’s chip unit T-Head launched the Zhenwu 810E AI chip, designed for training and inference workloads with performance comparable to Nvidia’s H20 processor within China. Deployed in multiple 10,000-card clusters, over 400 enterprise customers—including State Grid, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and XPeng—use the chip to power generative AI applications.