According to @ReutersBiz, Alibaba announced Qwen3-Max, its largest artificial intelligence language model to date, underscoring AI as a core business strategy; source: Reuters Business tweet reut.rs/46iGaIK, Sep 24, 2025. According to @ReutersBiz, the announcement provides a clear headline and timestamp for monitoring BABA US ADRs around Alibaba’s AI strategy updates; source: Reuters Business tweet reut.rs/46iGaIK, Sep 24, 2025. According to @ReutersBiz, the cited post did not include pricing, deployment timing, or financial metrics for Qwen3-Max; source: Reuters Business tweet reut.rs/46iGaIK, Sep 24, 2025.

According to @business, Alibaba will raise its AI development spending to build a complete AI ecosystem that rivals U.S. competitors, a headline that puts near-term investment intensity and guidance in focus for BABA ADR and 9988.HK; source: Bloomberg (@business) tweet and article link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-24/alibaba-to-raise-spending-on-ai-above-50-billion-plan. Alibaba’s AI stack is anchored by Alibaba Cloud and its Tongyi Qianwen large language model, which Alibaba has made available for enterprise use in China; source: Alibaba Group and Alibaba Cloud product and news pages: https://www.alibabagroup.com/en-US/news and https://www.alibabacloud.com. A key execution variable remains access to advanced AI chips in China, as U.S. export controls restrict supply of leading-edge accelerators, influencing model training and inference scale; source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, October 2023 rules update: https://www.bis.doc.gov. Crypto angle: large-scale AI investment headlines from megacap tech have been tracked by market analysts as catalysts for AI-related crypto sectors; traders may watch AI tokens and majors such as BTC and ETH for sentiment shifts following this news; source: Kaiko Research market commentary: https://kaiko.com/research.

According to @StockMKTNewz, Cathie Wood and ARK Invest bought Alibaba BABA shares yesterday for the first time in four years. Source: @StockMKTNewz on X; @ArkkDaily trade disclosure on X. ARK Invest also sponsors the ARKB spot Bitcoin ETF, linking this equity move to a manager active in digital-asset markets. Source: ARK Invest and 21Shares product disclosures.

According to H.E. Justin Sun (@justinsuntron), TRON (TRX) and MicroStrategy's recent trading volumes have exceeded those of Alibaba ($1.19 billion) and Tencent ($700 million), highlighting significant institutional and retail interest in TRON. This surge in trading activity suggests increased liquidity and heightened volatility for TRX, potentially attracting both short-term traders and long-term investors. The comparison with major tech stocks underlines growing mainstream adoption of TRON and signals its rising influence in the broader cryptocurrency market. Source: Twitter (@justinsuntron, June 17, 2025).

According to DeepLearning.AI, Alibaba has launched the Qwen2.5-VL, a series of open vision-language models with parameter sizes of 3B, 7B, and 72B. These models are capable of processing images, text, and videos, and can interact with computer interfaces. The largest model, Qwen2.5-VL-72B, surpassed competitors like GPT-4o and Gemini, indicating a significant advancement in AI capabilities. This could influence trading strategies in AI-focused tech stocks as Alibaba continues to innovate in the AI space.