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Alibaba CEO takes helm of new AI-focused business group

CEO of Alibaba Group Eddie Wu delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, in Wuzhen town of Tongxiang city, Zhejiang province, China November 7, 2025.
CEO of Alibaba Group Eddie Wu delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, in Wuzhen town of Tongxiang city, Zhejiang province, China November 7, 2025. Photo : REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/Files

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Alibaba Group (9988.HK) Chief Executive Eddie Wu ​will head the newly ‌formed Alibaba Token Hub (ATH) Business Group, the firm ​said in a ​statement on Monday.

The new group ⁠will comprise existing ​Alibaba units Tongyi Laboratory, MaaS ​Business Line, Qwen Business Unit, Wukong Business Unit, and ​AI Innovation Business Unit.

Alibaba ​said its mission would be ‌to "create, ⁠deliver, and apply tokens," and it would focus on building AI-native work ​platforms ​for ⁠enterprises.

The move comes weeks after Alibaba's ​Qwen AI model division ​head, ⁠Lin Junyang, announced his departure, becoming the third ⁠senior ​Qwen executive to ​exit this year.

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