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US stocks opened, and the three major stock indexes generally fell

Comparative news, according to BIT (bit.com) market data, when US stocks opened, the Dow fell 0.6%, the S&P 500 index fell 0.3%, and the NASDAQ fell 0.5%. Micron Technology (MU.O) rose 0.4%, and the company increased memory research and development in the US, and plans to invest 10 billion US dollars over 10 years. Walmart (WMT.N) fell 7%, the Q2 same-store sales growth rate hit a six-year low, and full-year profit guidance fell short of expectations. SK Hynix (SKHY.O) rose 4%, and labor and management reached a preliminary salary agreement. Alibaba (BABA.N) dropped 4.7% after the results.

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Ali Wu Yongming: AI computing power, Capex's return on investment is very deterministic, and Capex's investment will pay back within three years

In comparison, Alibaba Group released financial results for the first quarter of the 2027 fiscal year. In the analysts' conference call, Group CEO Wu Yongming said that the return on Capex investment in AI computing power is very high, and Capex investment can be paid back within three years. Considering that the gross margin of AI-related products is still increasing, it is expected to be reduced to 2.5 years or even 2 years in the future. This article is sponsored by GENG, Build Your Fortune on GENG (https://geng.one)

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Alibaba's Wu Yongming: Ali AI's annualized revenue exceeds 49.5 billion yuan

Comparing news, Alibaba announced that Alibaba Cloud is undergoing a full upgrade to an intelligent cloud. In the next few quarters, AI and cloud business revenue growth will further accelerate. Alibaba Group released financial results for the first quarter of the 2027 fiscal year. During the analysts' conference call, Group CEO Wu Yongming said that AI has become the core engine for Alibaba Cloud's accelerated growth. This quarter, Ali's AI-related product annualized revenue (ARR) surpassed 49.5 billion yuan ($7.3 billion), and its share of Alibaba Cloud's external commercial revenue rose to 35%. The gross margin of AI-related products is significantly higher than the average for cloud products.

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Alibaba: The latest generation of AI processor Zhenwu M890 has been widely commercialized in more than 650 external customers

Comparatively, Alibaba announced that its latest generation AI processor, the Zhenwu M890, has been widely commercialized in more than 650 external customers. The chip has been used in more than 20 industries such as autonomous driving, the Internet, and financial services through Alibaba Cloud services, and has verified its ability to support full-process AI workloads.

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Alibaba's revenue for the first quarter of fiscal year 2027 was 268.95 billion yuan, up 9% year-on-year

Comparative news, according to the Financial Federation, Alibaba announced the results for the first quarter of the 2027 fiscal year. Revenue for the quarter was 268.95 billion yuan, up 9% year on year, slightly higher than the market estimate of 268.52 billion yuan. Adjusted net profit for the same period was $20.72 billion, lower than the estimated $25.58 billion; adjusted earnings per ADS were $8.52, lower than the estimated $11.28.

2d ago

Geosheng Intelligent Robotics Co., Ltd. plans to go to Hong Kong for an IPO, raising up to 300 million US dollars

Comparing news, according to Bloomberg, people familiar with the matter revealed that Alibaba-supported robot manufacturer LimX Dynamics (LiMx Dynamics) has secretly submitted an IPO application in Hong Kong to raise up to 300 million US dollars. The wave of Chinese robotics company listings is once again growing. LimX Dynamics is partnering with CITIC Securities to advance the deal. LimX Dynamics (LimX Dynamics) is a embodied intelligent robotics company headquartered in Shenzhen, China. It was founded in 2022 and focuses on the R&D, manufacturing and commercialization of general-purpose robots. Core products include full-sized humanoid robots LimX Oli and LimX Luna, as well as the TRON series of modular robots, and the in-house development of the humanoid brain system LimX COSA. It is committed to promoting the implementation of AGI in the physical world, with the three major technologies of hardware design and manufacturing, integration of cognitive and motor intelligence, and embodied intelligent operating systems. The products have been used in scientific research, commercial services, and industrial inspection. The company received strategic investments from Alibaba, JD, etc., and recently completed multiple rounds of financing.

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Ali sells his “son” who earns 2 billion dollars a year: All in AI to buy GPUs in exchange for money

Ali sells his “son” who earns 2 billion dollars a year: All in AI to buy GPUs in exchange for money

Source | Pencil Dao Author | Huang Xiaogui Original title: Ali sells his son who earns 2 billion dollars a year: In exchange for 10.1 billion yuan to buy a GPU, Alibaba sold a “chicken that can lay eggs.” On August 17, Zhou Bingshu, CEO of Lingxi Mutual Entertainment, issued an internal letter stating that Alibaba will sell its shares in Lingxi Mutual Entertainment, Xinchen Capital will become the new shareholder, and the original management team will continue to be responsible for the company's operations. According to the 21st Century Economic Report, Alibaba sold Lingxi Mutual Entertainment for at least 1.5 billion US dollars (about 10.1 billion yuan). Currently, Alibaba and Xinchen Capital have not officially disclosed the transaction amount. Lingxi Mutual Entertainment is a high-quality asset, with an annual net profit of 1.5 billion to 2 billion yuan; with “Three Kingdoms Strategy Edition”, a stable cash cow, the number of global users surpassed 100 million. “Exchange money to buy a card (GPU).” Huang Wei (pseudonym), a person familiar with Alibaba, told Pencil that the sale at this time was to concentrate resources and invest in computing power, and Ali, who is all in AI, has already entered a state of “full agent and model development, and scene access.” - 01 - Sold cash cow and invested in AI Lingxi Mutual Entertainment in Guangzhou. Its predecessor, Jian Yue Technology, was founded by Zhan Zhonghui, a former NetEase executive. In 2017, Ali acquired Jianyue Technology at a valuation of about 1 billion yuan and became a subsidiary. In September 2020, it officially launched the “Lingxi Interactive Entertainment” brand. What really gave this company a foothold in the Chinese game industry was “Three Kingdoms: Strategy Edition”, which was launched in 2019. According to Sensor Tower's previous data, the game's revenue in the first two years of its launch was over 1 billion US dollars. In recent years, Lingxi Mutual Entertainment's annual revenue is about 3 billion yuan to 4 billion yuan, which is roughly equivalent to the revenue scale of game manufacturers in central China. Also, according to industry media estimates such as “Game Grapes”, Lingxi Mutual Entertainment's profit in 2025 will be about 1.5 billion to 2 billion yuan. Ali sells a profitable business to invest in a direction that is still burning money — AI. In fiscal year 2026, Ali's capital expenditure reached 126.063 billion yuan, a record high. Most of this is AI computing power infrastructure and data center expansion. This input is directly reflected in the financial statements. In fiscal year 2026, Ali's revenue reached 1.02 trillion yuan, up 3% year on year, but operating profit fell 64%; adjusted EBITA fell 56%. Free cash flow declined from positive 73.9 billion yuan to negative 466 billion yuan. But this isn't a gamble without a future. Ali CEO Wu Yongming revealed, “(Ali) almost none of the cards are empty.” As of the end of March this year, Alibaba Cloud's revenue reached 41.6 billion yuan, an increase of 38% over the previous year, of which external commercialization revenue increased 40%; revenue from AI-related products was close to 9 billion yuan in a single quarter, accounting for about 30% of external revenue, and has maintained three-digit growth for 11 consecutive quarters. Ali predicts that in about a year, AI-related revenue may account for more than half of cloud business revenue. Today, growth is limited by supply, not demand. The ceiling of demand is far from being reached, but the ceiling of supply is just around the corner. At a time when cash is in high demand, but computing power continues to be exchanged for income, it's like “the family has an emergency, lacks money, and sells something for the family.” Huang Wei described Ali's sale of Lingxi Mutual Entertainment in this way. Lingxi Mutual Entertainment's annual profit is 1.5 to 2 billion yuan. It is a good asset, but it is not a core asset. The game business has a limited strategic relationship with AI, cloud, and e-commerce. Retaining it makes more than 1 billion dollars in profits; selling it will take back more than 10 billion dollars in cash at once and invest in AI. And this isn't the first time. In fiscal year 2026, Ali has successively disposed of many assets such as Gaoxin Retail, Yintai Department Store, and Trendyol Local Lifestyle Services. Each of these businesses has its own situation, but the underlying logic is the same: shrink non-core and concentrate resources on the main line of AI. Lingxi Mutual Entertainment sold 10.1 billion yuan, which is a bit higher than the 7 billion to 9 billion yuan expected by the market. Xinchen Capital's premium bid shows that in the eyes of buyers, this is a high-quality asset. For Ali, being able to sell at a high level is also considered a good time to sell. - 02 - Give me some more cards, I can make more money. The whole industry is buying cards. Overall, the 2026 GPU procurement budget of leading domestic manufacturers was raised from 160 billion yuan at the beginning of the year to about 230 billion yuan, a sharp increase of 44% within half a year. The industry's outlook for 2027 is more aggressive — GPU-related investment is likely to double to 500 billion yuan. The world is more exaggerated. According to data from Jibang Consulting, the total capital expenditure of the world's nine largest cloud vendors will exceed 886.7 billion US dollars in 2026, an increase of nearly 90% over the previous year. Amazon $220 billion, Google...

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Ali sells gaming business Lingxi Entertainment for at least $1.5 billion

Comparative news, according to Bloomberg, Alibaba has reached an agreement to sell the game business Lingxi Mutual Entertainment to Asian private equity firm Trustar Capital, with a transaction valuation of at least 1.5 billion US dollars. Lingxi Entertainment CEO Zhou Bingshu said in an internal memorandum that the move was aimed at enabling Alibaba to better focus on strategic priorities. Alibaba is accelerating the transformation of AI and cloud computing strategies, with a target of 100 billion US dollars in AI revenue within five years. This month, Ali unveiled its largest AI model ever, claiming performance comparable to Anthropic. The sale is Ali's latest move to divest non-core assets and focus on AI strategies.

4d ago

Ali released HappyShrimp 1.0: write a complete song in one sentence, and also made an AI version of shrimp music

Comparative news, according to monitoring, Alibaba officially released the AI music model HappyShrimp 1.0, the Chinese name happy shrimp. Users only need to describe an emotion, story, or musical idea, and the model can directly write, compose, arrange, and sing to generate a complete song. HappyShrimp focuses on natural language understanding and doesn't require users to learn to write a bunch of music labels first. For example, if you enter a song written for yourself who just graduated or is suitable for playing in a coffee shop, the model will decide the style, arrangement, vocals, and song structure herself. Complex cues can also control BPM, tonality, instrument, vocal gender, vocal sex, and mood progression. The model is generated using an end-to-end complete song. The lyrics, melody, arrangement, and vocals are not generated separately and then put together, but the entire song is planned in a unified manner, focusing on solving common problems in AI music such as vocal mechanics, poor lyrics, and loose front and back structures. Ali also launched HappyShrimp, an AI music platform of the same name. In addition to directly generating songs, users can also post, listen to, and share other people's AI music works. Currently, domestic and overseas websites have been opened, and independent apps are still being prepared for launch. HappyShrimp launched and announced a partnership with Taihe Music Group. New users can now receive a free credit experience.

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