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  1. Oct 22, 2026

    product_launch

    HuggingFace dataset: Qwen/BabelArena Tags: task_categories:text-generation, multilinguality:multilingual, language:en, language:zh, language:ja, language:fr, language:ru, language:ar, language:es, language:ko Downloads: 46 · Likes: 5

    source: huggingface-dataset

  2. Oct 14, 2026

    product_launch

    HuggingFace dataset: Qwen/BlenderWorld Tags: language:en, language:zh, license:mit, size_categories:n<1K, library:harbor, region:us, benchmark, harbor, blender, 3d-generation Downloads: 0 · Likes: 12

    source: huggingface-dataset

  3. Oct 9, 2026

    product_launch

    HuggingFace model: Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo Tags: diffusers, safetensors, qwen, image-generation, image-editing, text-to-image, base_model:Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1, base_model:finetune:Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1, license:other, diffusers:QwenImage21Pi…

    source: huggingface-model

  4. Sep 20, 2026

    product_launch

    HuggingFace model: Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1-PE-T2I Tags: safetensors, qwen3_5, qwen, prompt-rewriting, text-to-image, license:other, region:us Downloads: 0 · Likes: 20

    source: huggingface-model

  5. Sep 20, 2026

    product_launch

    HuggingFace model: Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1-PE-I2I Tags: safetensors, qwen3_5, qwen, prompt-rewriting, image-editing, license:other, region:us Downloads: 0 · Likes: 26

    source: huggingface-model

  6. Sep 18, 2026

    product_launch

    HuggingFace dataset: Qwen/RecreationBench Tags: task_categories:text-generation, language:en, license:other, size_categories:n<1K, modality:image, modality:text, arxiv:2609.22000, region:us, agent, benchmark Downloads: 1 · Likes: 0

    source: huggingface-dataset

  7. Sep 14, 2026

    product_launch

    HuggingFace model: Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1 Tags: diffusers, safetensors, qwen, image-generation, image-editing, rgba, text-to-image, license:other, diffusers:QwenImage21Pipeline, region:us Downloads: 183 · Likes: 855

    source: huggingface-model

  8. Aug 27, 2026

    product_launch

    HuggingFace model: Qwen/Qwen-Drive-1.0-4B Tags: transformers, safetensors, qwen_drive, autonomous-driving, motion-planning, 3d-perception, visual-question-answering, qwen, image-text-to-text, conversational Downloads: 0 · Likes: 4

    source: huggingface-model

  9. Aug 24, 2026

    product_launch

    HuggingFace model: Qwen/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-FP8 Tags: transformers, safetensors, qwen4_exp, image-text-to-text, conversational, base_model:Qwen/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, base_model:quantized:Qwen/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, license:other, endpoints_compat…

    source: huggingface-model

  10. Aug 24, 2026

    product_launch

    HuggingFace model: Qwen/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next Tags: transformers, safetensors, qwen4_exp, image-text-to-text, conversational, license:other, eval-results, endpoints_compatible, region:us Downloads: 2551 · Likes: 3685

    source: huggingface-model

  11. Aug 13, 2026

    product_launch

    HuggingFace model: Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B-FP8 Tags: transformers, safetensors, qwen3_5, image-text-to-text, conversational, base_model:Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B, base_model:quantized:Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B, license:apache-2.0, endpoints_compatible, fp8 Download…

    source: huggingface-model

  12. Aug 8, 2026

    product_launch

    HuggingFace model: Qwen/Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B Tags: transformers, safetensors, qwen3_5_moe_text, text-generation, conversational, license:other, eval-results, endpoints_compatible, region:us Downloads: 1012 · Likes: 799

    source: huggingface-model

  13. Aug 8, 2026

    product_launch

    HuggingFace model: Qwen/Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B-FP8 Tags: transformers, safetensors, qwen3_5_moe_text, text-generation, conversational, base_model:Qwen/Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B, base_model:quantized:Qwen/Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B, license:other, endpoints_compa…

    source: huggingface-model

  14. Aug 5, 2026

    product_launch

    HuggingFace model: Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B Tags: transformers, safetensors, qwen3_5, image-text-to-text, conversational, license:apache-2.0, eval-results, endpoints_compatible, region:us Downloads: 2 · Likes: 9140

    source: huggingface-model

Funding & valuation history

  • Sep 8, 2025 · funding-research

    Alibaba Cloud led a $100M–$140M 8th financing round in humanoid robot startup X Square Robot, alongside HongShan, Meuan, Star, Legend Capital, and INCE Capital.

  • Jun 1, 2025 · funding-research

    Alibaba Group co-invested in a $300M venture round for Chinese AI startup MiniMax.

  • Jun 1, 2025 · funding-research

    Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund led a $10M Series A in Singapore-based RushOwl.

  • Jun 1, 2025 · funding-research

    Alibaba led a $140 million (1 billion yuan) Series A+ funding round for embodied AI startup X Square Robot, with CAS Investment, China Development Bank Capital, and HongShan Capital Group as co-investors.

  • Jun 1, 2025 · funding-research

    Alibaba invested $300 million in AI startup MiniMax in a venture round.

  • Jun 1, 2025 · funding-research

    Alibaba invested $10 million in logistics AI startup RushOwl in a Series A round.

Forward view

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  • product launch · Oct 22, 2026

    HuggingFace dataset: Qwen/BabelArena Tags: task_categories:text-generation, multilinguality:multilingual, language:en, language:zh, language:ja, language:fr, language:ru, language:ar, language:es, language:ko Downloads: 46 · Likes: 5

  • product launch · Oct 14, 2026

    HuggingFace dataset: Qwen/BlenderWorld Tags: language:en, language:zh, license:mit, size_categories:n<1K, library:harbor, region:us, benchmark, harbor, blender, 3d-generation Downloads: 0 · Likes: 12

  • product launch · Oct 9, 2026

    HuggingFace model: Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo Tags: diffusers, safetensors, qwen, image-generation, image-editing, text-to-image, base_model:Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1, base_model:finetune:Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1, license:other, diffusers:QwenImage21Pipeline Downloads: 0 · Likes: 311

  • product launch · Sep 20, 2026

    HuggingFace model: Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1-PE-T2I Tags: safetensors, qwen3_5, qwen, prompt-rewriting, text-to-image, license:other, region:us Downloads: 0 · Likes: 20

  • product launch · Sep 20, 2026

    HuggingFace model: Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1-PE-I2I Tags: safetensors, qwen3_5, qwen, prompt-rewriting, image-editing, license:other, region:us Downloads: 0 · Likes: 26

  • product launch · Sep 18, 2026

    HuggingFace dataset: Qwen/RecreationBench Tags: task_categories:text-generation, language:en, license:other, size_categories:n<1K, modality:image, modality:text, arxiv:2609.22000, region:us, agent, benchmark Downloads: 1 · Likes: 0

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