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Alibaba Qwen

Qwen open-weight models, Qwen app

CNAlibaba Group-ownedest. 2023qwen.ai (opens qwen.ai)Checked 25 Sep

The brief

Analyst view
  • Qwen3 (April 2025) can answer fast or think step by step, and is open under a permissive licence.
  • Alibaba committed RMB 380B (about $53B) over three years to cloud and AI in February 2025.
  • Qwen3-Max, the closed flagship, has over a trillion parameters.
Programs

Alibaba Qwen, one program

Updated 18d ago
Qwen modelsAlibaba's models for text, images, audio and code. Most have open weights. The top flagship models are closed and run on Alibaba Cloud.ScalingNextQwen4 releaseUpdated 18d agoView program →
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Peers

Open-weight models · 4

Company & funding

Parent
Alibaba Group
HQ
CN
Founded
2023
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