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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Jun 26, 2026

    product_launch

    HuggingFace model: Qwen/Qwen3-ASR-1.7B-hf Tags: transformers, safetensors, qwen3_asr, automatic-speech-recognition, zh, en, yue, ar, de, fr Downloads: 0 · Likes: 11

    source: huggingface-model

  9. Jun 26, 2026

    product_launch

    HuggingFace model: Qwen/Qwen3-ASR-0.6B-hf Tags: transformers, safetensors, qwen3_asr, automatic-speech-recognition, zh, en, yue, ar, de, fr Downloads: 0 · Likes: 6

    source: huggingface-model

  10. Jun 26, 2026

    product_launch

    HuggingFace model: Qwen/Qwen3-ForcedAligner-0.6B-hf Tags: transformers, safetensors, qwen3_asr, token-classification, zh, en, yue, fr, de, it Downloads: 0 · Likes: 4

    source: huggingface-model

  11. Jun 22, 2026

    product_launch

    HuggingFace dataset: Qwen/AgentWorldBench Tags: task_categories:text-generation, language:en, license:apache-2.0, arxiv:2606.24597, region:us, world-model, agent, benchmark, evaluation, environment-simulation Downloads: 0 · Likes: 0

    source: huggingface-dataset

  12. Jun 22, 2026

    product_launch

    HuggingFace model: Qwen/Qwen-AgentWorld-35B-A3B Tags: transformers, safetensors, qwen3_5_moe, image-text-to-text, qwen, world-model, agent, environment-simulation, text-generation, conversational Downloads: 0 · Likes: 3

    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

Derived from public capacity & product announcements — not a company-authored roadmap.

  • product launch · Aug 27, 2026

    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

  • product launch · Aug 24, 2026

    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

  • product launch · Aug 24, 2026

    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_compatible, fp8 Downloads: 451 · Likes: 98

  • product launch · Aug 13, 2026

    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 Downloads: 0 · Likes: 326

  • product launch · Aug 8, 2026

    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_compatible, fp8 Downloads: 4000 · Likes: 164

  • product launch · Aug 8, 2026

    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

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