Alibaba is pressing ByteDance hard and going all out to sell tokens
Summary
Alibaba Cloud is stepping up its AI token sales push as competition with ByteDance intensifies in China’s model and AI application market. The article says Alibaba is using aggressive sales incentives, partner rewards, and ecosystem tie-ins to expand MaaS usage and drive token consumption. It also highlights Alibaba’s broader strategy to build an agent-ready AI stack across cloud, models, and applications, including new Qwen and coding products. The piece frames the fight as a full-stack platform battle that spans chips, infrastructure, models, and partner ecosystems.
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