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Qwen

Open-source multimodal AI models and platform

qwen.ai

Company type: Public company
Number of employees: 50–225

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Latest news about Qwen

In short: Qwen launched its flagship Qwen3.7-Max model and shifted toward proprietary models and monetization despite dominating open-source downloads.

Company announcements

June 24 Qwen

Qwen launches Qwen-AgentWorld, a world model for agent simulation.

It simulates seven agent environments and outperforms Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.4 on AgentWorldBench.

June 16 Qwen

Qwen introduces the Qwen-Robot Suite for embodied intelligence

The suite comprises three foundation models: Qwen-RobotNav, Qwen-RobotManip, and Qwen-RobotWorld.

April 22 Qwen

Qwen releases Qwen3.6-27B open-source model

It excels in coding, reasoning, and supports thinking modes under Apache 2.0 license.

April 20 Qwen

Qwen introduces Qwen3.6-Max-Preview

This early preview of their next flagship model improves agentic coding, world knowledge, instruction following, and real-world agent performance. More models to come.

Media coverage

July 9 Moneycontrol

How Qwen overtook Meta's Llama in the open-source AI race

After Llama 4 failed to generate the momentum the company had hoped for and reports emerged of delays to its next flagship model, CEO Mark...

July 8 Geeky Gadgets

China May Lock Down Open-Source AI Models: Qwen, GLM 5.2 & DeepSeek?

Evaluate US AI alternatives as China considers locking down its advanced open-source models and DeepSeek builds custom chips to bypass Nvidia.

July 6 The New York Times

Alibaba's A.I. Is a Hit, but Hard to Turn Into a Moneymaker

The Chinese company's models have won over developers worldwide, but they are open source — so they can be used and modified freely.

July 4 TechNode

ByteDance’s Doubao and Alibaba’s Qwen to shut down AI agent features on July 15

On Saturday, ByteDance's Doubao and Alibaba's Qwen both announced that their AI agent creation features will be discontinued on July 15, 2026. After the...

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