The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Alibaba Group: 10 models. 1 source back the record.
Overview
Chinese multinational technology company specializing in e-commerce, cloud computing, and AI. Headquartered in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Founded in 1999. Operates as a brain company in the physical AI sector.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Partnerships
Every company Alibaba Group has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Joseph Tsai Chairman
- Eddie Wu CEO (co-founder)
Founders (1)
- Jack Macofounderno longer at company
later founded Cainiao Network, Alibaba DAMO Academy
Former / Previously (1)
- Jack Ma Founder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Alibaba Group.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Alibaba Group in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
3 total · 3 operating
Every company Alibaba Group has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
All 3 partnerships
open in the atlas →- technology—operating
- alibaba-group x nvidiawithNVIDIA1108technology—operating
- Alibaba Group x SAPwithSAP SEtechnology—operating
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 26, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment recordedNov 1, 2024
Alibaba Cloud Johor Malaysia at Johor
- Deployment recordedNov 1, 2024
Alibaba Cloud Japan (Tokyo) at Tokyo, Japan
- Deployment recordedJan 1, 2024
Alibaba Cloud Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) at Riyadh
- Deployment recordedJan 1, 2020
Alibaba Cloud UAE (Dubai) at Dubai, UAE
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-14
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-14
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Alibaba Group.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Alibaba Group from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Alibaba Releases Smaller, Cost-Effective Qwen AI Model
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. released the latest model under its popular Qwen series, a lower-priced platform aimed at driving adoption of its marquee AI offering globally.
Jack Ma Buys Alibaba Stock to Show Support for AI Buildout
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. co-founder Jack Ma has joined its most senior executives in picking up company stock, aiming to reverse a major selloff this week and quell concerns…
Alibaba Executives Buy $15 Million in Shares After New Offering
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s top two executives bought about HK$120 million ($15.3 million) worth of their company’s shares following a stock slump triggered by a capital raise…
Xpeng Robot Unit to Raise $900 Million From Likes of Alibaba
Xpeng Inc.’s robot unit plans to raise $900 million from investors including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Tencent Holdings Ltd., bolstering the automaker’s push into humanoid…
Alibaba Raises $10 Billion in Record Hong Kong Share Sale
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. raised HK$80 billion ($10.2 billion) in Hong Kong’s biggest follow-on offering, underscoring its willingness to amass and spend vast sums to take the…
Alibaba Profit Dives 75% as AI Spending Ratchets Up
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s profit plunged more than 75% after the company increased quarterly capital spending to almost $10 billion to safeguard its position in the global AI…
Alibaba Profit Dives 75% After AI Spending Hits $10 Billion
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s profit plunged more than 75% after the Chinese company ratcheted up quarterly capital spending to almost $10 billion, aiming to safeguard its position…
Alibaba Shares Jump 5% as Alipay Launches New Merchant Platform
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. shares rose the most in two weeks as the launch of a new ecommerce platform boosted optimism toward the company before its June quarter earnings this…
America is arguing over the wrong AI obstacle
Last month, two Chinese companies released artificial intelligence models most people outside the industry know little about: Kimi K3 by Moonshot AI and Qwen3.8-Max by Alibaba…
Alibaba to Sell Gaming Arm for $1.5 Billion in Boost to AI Pivot
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is selling its gaming arm in a deal worth at least $1.5 billion that will boost the Chinese e-commerce leader’s pivot to AI.
Alibaba AI Models Hit 3 Billion Downloads, Passing Meta, Google
Alibaba Group Holding’s open-weight models have accumulated more than 3 billion global downloads in the past six months, eclipsing Meta Platforms Inc., Alphabet Inc. and domestic…
Alibaba, Baidu, Kuaishou Address Mounting AI Costs as Competition Intensifies
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Baidu Inc. and Kuaishou Technology are the next big names in tech that will have to address concerns over the mounting financial costs needed to…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/alibaba-group.md
- RSS feed: /companies/alibaba-group/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/586a7c4b-36a5-4b66-a97f-795a1aa32f16
- Revision history: /companies/alibaba-group/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Alibaba Group draws attention at the 70th percentile but verifies reality at the 94th percentile among other robots. Hype Gap -24.1, 136th widest among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 10 verified deployments. Strong deployment footprint with 9 operational sites across 10 countries. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 28, 2026