Alibaba Secures Xpeng, State Grid Corp. of China as Clients for AI Chip

By Tracy Qu

Alibaba Group has secured several high-profile entities, including State Grid Corp. of China, XPeng and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as clients for its new AI chip, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The company's Zhenwu 810E chip, which is designed for both training and inference, has more than 400 clients. It has also been used internally for training Alibaba's Qwen models, according to the source.

The Wall Street Journal first reported on Alibaba's development of the new chip in August.

This comes as Chinese tech companies step up efforts to develop homegrown technologies amid a more challenging geopolitical environment.

Investor interest in domestic chip development is high. Shares of Chinese AI chip startups Moore Threads and MetaX have soared since their blockbuster debuts in December.

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