Alibaba launches its most powerful AI model

Chinese tech giant Alibaba has introduced its largest artificial intelligence model yet, the Qwen3-Max, at its annual conference in Beijing. The model represents a major leap in the company’s AI strategy, housing more than 1 trillion parameters.

Strength in coding and autonomous agents

According to Alibaba Cloud’s Chief Technology Officer Zhou Jingren, Qwen3-Max stands out in code generation and autonomous agent functions. Unlike conventional chatbots, the model can take action toward goals with fewer prompts. This feature makes it more capable of decision-making without constant human input.

Outperforming global rivals

Alibaba highlighted benchmark results on Tau2-Bench, where Qwen3-Max outscored competing products such as Anthropic’s Claude and DeepSeek-V3.1 in several categories. These results suggest that the Chinese company is positioning itself as a serious contender in the global AI race.

AI as Alibaba’s core strategy

Earlier this year, Alibaba pledged to invest 380 billion yuan ($53.4 billion) in AI-related infrastructure over three years. At the event, CEO Eddie Wu confirmed that spending on AI will rise further. He stressed that the pace of AI development and infrastructure demand is surpassing the company’s initial expectations.

Expanding the Qwen series

The Qwen3-Max builds on the Qwen3 model released in April. Alongside the flagship launch, Alibaba also introduced Qwen3-Omni, a multimodal system designed for immersive applications. This system aims to support use cases like virtual reality, smart glasses, and intelligent cockpits.

Strengthening China’s AI ecosystem

The launch of Qwen3-Max reflects Alibaba’s broader ambition to balance its traditional e-commerce focus with heavy investments in AI. As Chinese technology companies intensify their competition, models like Qwen3-Max highlight the scale of resources being committed to the sector.