Alibaba Group

Alibaba Group is one of the world's largest e-commerce and technology companies, founded in 1999 by Jack Ma. The company operates major platforms including Taobao, Tmall, and AliExpress, alongside Alibaba Cloud (Aliyun), which is the largest cloud provider in Asia Pacific. Alibaba has invested heavily in AI through its Tongyi Qianwen large language model series and is a major player in enterprise AI adoption across APAC markets.

Alibaba operates one of the world's largest cloud computing platforms and has invested heavily in open-source AI models (Qwen series), making it a central node in Asia's AI infrastructure buildout.