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  "id": 2125582,
  "title": "Chinese tech giant Alibaba posts AI-fuelled revenue bump",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/chinese-tech-giant-alibaba-posts-ai-fuelled-revenue-bump",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-20T11:29:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/business/2026/08/20/chinese-tech-giant-alibaba-posts-ai-fuelled-revenue-bump"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Alibaba, the Chinese tech giant, reported a revenue growth of 9% year-on-year to nearly 269 billion yuan (US$40 billion) in its latest quarter, driven by the surge in global artificial intelligence (AI) demand for its products. The Hangzhou-based company has heavily invested in AI, with its shareholders keen to observe its monetization of these investments. CEO Eddie Wu highlighted a strong quarter, citing the successful commercialization of their full-stack AI capabilities. Alibaba Cloud's external revenue growth accelerated to 45%, with AI-related product revenue experiencing triple-digit growth for the twelfth consecutive quarter. Despite the revenue boost, net profit plummeted 76% year-on-year to 10.5 billion yuan, attributed to substantial strategic investments and economic pressures in China. The company is renowned for its open-source Qwen AI models, which have gained worldwide popularity among developers. However, Alibaba has faced recent challenges, including a designation by the US defense department as a military-linked firm and a regulatory crackdown in China aimed at controlling the dominance of top tech firms.",
  "summary": "The firm said its revenue in the quarter ended June 30 was nearly 269 billion yuan (US$40 billion), up 9% year-on-year.",
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        "published": "2026-08-20T11:29:24.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Straits Times Business",
        "title": "Chinese tech giant Alibaba posts AI-fuelled revenue bump",
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        "published": "2026-08-20T12:19:16.000Z"
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        "title": "Alibaba Q2 revenue rises 9% as AI cloud demand grows",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/alibaba-q2-revenue-rises-9-as-ai-cloud-demand-grows",
        "published": "2026-08-20T13:13:58.000Z"
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        "outlet": "RTHK News - Finance",
        "title": "Alibaba posts AI-fuelled revenue bump",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/alibaba-posts-ai-fuelled-revenue-bump",
        "published": "2026-08-20T13:44:44.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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