Alibaba Enhances AI with New Token Foundry Business

Alibaba forges Token Foundry as it hammers AI ambitions into shape

Alibaba consolidates key AI teams under CEO Eddie Wu and appoints Qwen leader Zhou Jingren as chief scientist.

Alibaba Enhances AI with New Token Foundry Business

Alibaba has established the Token Foundry Business Unit as part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen its artificial intelligence framework, following the launch of the Alibaba Token Hub earlier this year. This new division was created through the merger of the Tongyi Large Model Business Unit and the Future Life Lab, both under Alibaba’s e-commerce units for Taobao and Tmall. The company announced yesterday that the division would be directly ma…