Alibaba Cloud, the cloud unit of Alibaba Group, is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem with new artificial intelligence (AI) models, cloud infrastructure upgrades, and enterprise tools designed to help businesses build and manage AI agents.

Announced at the company’s first international Qwen Conference in Singapore, the updates aim to make it easier for organizations to deploy AI systems that can perform tasks, access cloud resources, and automate workflows with minimal human intervention.

Alibaba Cloud announced the availability of Qwen3.7-Max on its Model Studio platform in Singapore. According to Artificial Analysis’ latest global large language model (LLM) intelligence index, the model ranked fifth globally and first among Chinese-developed AI models. It scored 56.6 points, outperforming several Chinese competitors while showing performance comparable to leading international models.

“The agentic era represents a paradigm shift in how we interact with technology,” said Dr. Feifei Li, chief technology officer and president of International Business of Alibaba Cloud. “Our commitment to developing a comprehensive, full-stack AI ecosystem means we are not just offering powerful models, but also the AI-native tools and agentic cloud infrastructure that enable our global customers to seamlessly integrate AI into every facet of their operations.”

To support AI agents, Alibaba Cloud introduced a new Skills portal that converts capabilities from more than 60 cloud products into formats that AI agents can use directly. This allows AI systems to access cloud services such as databases, analytics, operations management, and security tools more efficiently.

Also introduced Qwen Cloud was an AI-native cloud platform that gives businesses, developers, and advanced users access to Alibaba’s AI models, open-source models, and third-party AI services through a single platform. The service supports text, image, video, audio, and other AI workloads.

Alibaba Cloud also debuted the JVS Agent Suite, a set of tools designed for enterprises to build and manage AI agents. The suite includes JVS Claw Teams for enterprise operations and security management, and JVS Mobile, a platform that enables AI agents to automate tasks across mobile applications.

The announcements show a growing competition among global cloud providers to offer complete AI ecosystems rather than standalone AI models. For enterprises in Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, the new offerings could provide additional options for developing AI-powered services without building infrastructure from scratch.

Alibaba Cloud also joined the PyTorch Foundation as a Platinum member, strengthening its participation in the global open-source AI community. The company further announced a global hackathon and an AI film competition to encourage developers and creators to build applications using its AI technologies.

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