Alibaba Group announced a major organizational restructuring yesterday, officially establishing the "Qianwen C-end Business Group". This move marks an upgraded strategy for Alibaba to fully focus on the consumer (C-end) artificial intelligence ecosystem, aiming to seize key entry points for personal intelligent services.
Business Integration and Strategic Objectives
The new business group is led by Group Vice President Wu Jia, integrating core resources from the former Intelligent Information and Intelligent Internet of Things business groups. Its business scope includes:
Core Applications: Qianwen APP, Kuaizhong, UC Browser, Shuqi Novels.
Hardware Platforms: AI hardware-related businesses.
The primary goal of the new business group is to build "Qianwen" into a super app for the AI era, making it the first entry point for users to access digital life.
Building an AI Network That Is Everywhere
Alibaba's internal statement emphasized that the future strategy of "Qianwen" will go beyond traditional mobile devices, aiming to expand into a broader range of terminal scenarios, including glasses, PCs, and cars, thus building a ubiquitous AI assistant service network.
