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Alibaba Releases Qwen3.8-Max Model Files for Free Download

8/14/2026

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Alibaba Group Holding released the Qwen3.8-Max model files for free download.
Firms with over US$50 million revenue in a 12-month period must obtain a commercial licence.
Internal use is exempt if the software, outputs or capabilities are not shared with third parties.
US API pricing is US$2 per million input tokens and US$6 per million output tokens, 40 % and 24 % of Claude Opus 5’s costs.

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Story summary

Alibaba Group Holding released the Qwen3.8-Max model files for free download.
Firms with over US$50 million revenue in a 12-month period must obtain a commercial licence.
Internal use is exempt if the software, outputs or capabilities are not shared with third parties.
US API pricing is US$2 per million input tokens and US$6 per million output tokens, 40 % and 24 % of Claude Opus 5’s costs.