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Alibaba Cloud Launches Qwen 3.5 Amid AI Chip Race

2/27/2026

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Alibaba Cloud, part of Alibaba Group Holding in Hangzhou, announced the release of its Qwen 3.5 medium model series.
The company previously unveiled the Qwen 3.5 family.
The company highlighted its performance against leading models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind.
Chinese chip developers MetaX Integrated Circuits, Biren Technology, and Enflame compete to support the nation’s top AI models amid Nvidia's H200 approvals uncertainty.

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Alibaba Cloud, part of Alibaba Group Holding in Hangzhou, announced the release of its Qwen 3.5 medium model series.
The company previously unveiled the Qwen 3.5 family.
The company highlighted its performance against leading models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind.
Chinese chip developers MetaX Integrated Circuits, Biren Technology, and Enflame compete to support the nation’s top AI models amid Nvidia's H200 approvals uncertainty.