“Companies are no longer asking whether AI can be deployed,” founder and CEO Hu Min said. “The real question is whether AI can be turned into productivity safely, reliably and sustainably.”
Alibaba Cloud said it now serves more than 80% of China’s “Project 211” universities and research institutions.
Alibaba Cloud has been positioning itself as a full-stack provider, combining cloud infrastructure with AI services centered on its Qwen models and in-house chips developed by Pingtouge.
The company led both the infrastructure and solutions segments in the second half of 2025, with market shares of 39% and 42%, respectively.
The collaboration spans the full AI stack, including data processing, model training, inference acceleration and application deployment.
The company said large-scale commercial deployment of the Zhenwu PPU reflects validation in complex real-world workloads, underscoring its stability and scalability in demanding AI environments.
Most current AI agents lack long-term memory, which can lead to context loss in extended conversations or multi-session tasks, forcing users to repeatedly explain preferences and instructions.
The collaboration will offer Chinese customers computer-aided engineering (CAE) capabilities delivered via Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
