Alibaba Group is a global technology company focused on commerce, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Founded in Hangzhou in 1999, the company operates digital platforms that help consumers, merchants, brands, manufacturers, and businesses buy and sell products, reach customers, and manage their operations. Its commerce businesses include Taobao, Tmall, 1688, Alibaba.com, AliExpress, Lazada, Trendyol, and other platforms serving consumers and businesses in China and international markets.

Alibaba also operates one of the world’s largest cloud computing businesses through Alibaba Cloud, providing infrastructure, data, AI, and model services to enterprises and developers globally. Its full-stack AI capabilities are built around Qwen, its family of large language and multimodal models, which increasingly powers products across e-commerce, enterprise services, and Alibaba’s broader digital ecosystem. The group’s other businesses span logistics, local services, travel, entertainment, workplace collaboration, and research and development.