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Qwen

Open-source multimodal AI models and platform

qwen.ai

Company type: Public company
Number of employees: 50–225
Industry: IT Services & Consulting

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Latest news about Qwen

In short: Qwen, developed by Alibaba, released several frontier models and integrated its AI into e-commerce, robotics, and global electronics.

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 31 MSN

Alibaba’s Qwen being tested across Tesla vehicles in China

Qwen AI model is being tested across Tesla (TSLA) vehicles in China, local Chinese media outlet chinastarmarket.cn reported ...

July 20 U.S. News & World Report

China's New AI Model Halts New Subscriptions as Demand Swamps Capacity

HONG KONG (AP) — The new, powerful Chinese artificial intelligence model Kimi K3, which has caused a stir in the U.S. tech industry, has suspended...

July 19 The Indian Express

Alibaba unveils Qwen 3.8 Max days after Kimi K3 as China's AI race heats up

In contrast to the US, a defining feature of China's AI strategy has been characterised by its open-source approach to LLM development.

July 19 South China Morning Post

Alibaba says newest Qwen AI model is second only to Anthropic's Claude Fable 5

Alibaba Group Holding has previewed its next-generation artificial intelligence model Qwen3.8, which the company says is "second only" to Anthropic's Claude Fable 5. Qwen3.8-Max-Preview, the...

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