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Joe Tsai
Joe Tsai is chairman of Alibaba Group. Tsai joined the Alibaba Group in 1999 as a member of the founding team.
Born
19 Jan 1964
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Business
Job Title
Co-founder, chairman of Alibaba
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China’s AI edge built on power grid, open-source models: Alibaba’s Joe Tsai

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Jack Ma, Alibaba leaders call for education overhaul in the age of AI

Time spent memorising textbooks could be freed up to cultivate creativity and imagination, according to Ma, the founder of Alibaba.

From left, Jack Ma, Joe Tsai and Eddie Wu discuss AI at a school in Hangzhou on Tuesday. Photo: qq.com
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Spirit of Hong Kong Awards: John Lee hails ‘role models’ as firefighters feted

Sa’diyya Nesar wins the Lion Rock People’s Choice Award for her work in promoting disability inclusion.

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Alibaba reaffirms open-source AI commitment as it hails successes

‘Building with the community’ is crucial to the success of the Qwen family of large language models, company says.

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Ant Group

Alipay+ announces sponsorship deal with WNBA team New York Liberty

The sponsorship follows the designation earlier this month of Liberty player Sabrina Ionescu as Ant International’s global brand ambassador.

Peng Yang (left), CEO of Ant International, with Clara Wu Tsai, governor of New York Liberty. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

Alibaba names AI-lab leader Zhou Jingren as new group partner

He will join the 17-member Alibaba Partnership, which steers the company’s course and includes co-founders Jack Ma and Joe Tsai.

Ant Group

Ant International signs WNBA star Sabrina Ionescu as brand ambassador

Payments firm says star player ‘embodies the spirit of perseverance’ driving young people and small businesses to ‘uplift their communities’.

ATP

Billionaire investor Marc Lasry sees ‘huge opportunity’ for innovation in tennis

Hot on the heels of Ultimate Tennis Showdown in Hong Kong, Lasry says at the Post’s Family Business Summit the sport is ‘ripe for disruption’.

Marc Lasry believes disruption in sport is possible even if it is ‘really hard’. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Family offices

Hong Kong leader John Lee to speak at family business summit

Third annual event curated by the Post and Blue Pool Capital, presented by UBS, features speakers from governments to Wall Street to the NBA.

(Left to right): SCMP’s Executive Managing Editor Zuraidah Ibrahim, Editor-in-Chief Tammy Tam, Singapore’s former foreign minister George Yeo, Alibaba Group Holding’s chairman Joe Tsai, SCMP’s CEO Catherine So, at the 2025 Family Business Summit in Hong Kong. Photo: SCMP
Tencent

Tencent claims 20% gain in R&D efficiency from AI automation

More than a quarter of code-related problems across Tencent’s vast suite of products and services so far this year were discovered by AI.

SCMP

South China Morning Post appoints Tammy Tam as publisher in major overhaul

Chow Chung-yan will take over as editor-in-chief, while CEO Catherine So will leave the Post after 3½ years.

Artificial intelligence

Airbnb chooses Alibaba’s open-source AI over ‘not ready’ ChatGPT

Airbnb ‘relies heavily’ on Alibaba’s Qwen models to power its AI customer service agent, CEO Brian Chesky says.

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong property

Alibaba, Ant buy Hong Kong offices, in city’s biggest deal since 2021

Alibaba and Ant bought 301,555 square feet of space in the top 13 floors of the 24-storey building, with parking space for 50 vehicles and signage rights.

One Causeway Bay (left) office tower in Causeway Bay on October 17, 2025. Photo: Robert Ng
Alibaba

US, China leaders will avoid ‘race to the bottom’: Alibaba’s Joe Tsai

Chairman of Chinese giant also says winning in the AI race is about attaining the largest model adoption.

NBA

NBA China Games: Celtics, Trail Blazers thrown into mix of teams coming next

With Macau to host eight more matches over the next four years, the team line-up beyond next year’s fixture remains a hot topic.

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US-China tech war

China’s lesson for the US: it takes more than chips to win the AI race

The AI war is increasingly waged among ‘hyperscalers’ – companies with full-stack capabilities across software, hardware and applications.

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The US and China are intensifying investments into AI. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
NBA China games

Phoenix Suns shine in Macau as the NBA makes a star-studded return to China

Stars of stage, screen and sports among fans in a packed Venetian Arena treated to an evening of singing, dancing and sparkling basketball.

Alibaba

Alibaba Cloud inks landmark multi-year collaboration with NBA China

‘It is an exciting time at the intersection of sports and technology,’ Alibaba chairman and Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai says.

Alibaba

Alibaba’s Qwen lab sets up robotics team, showcasing its AI ambitions

The announcement suggests the Chinese tech giant is accelerating its development in the field of AI-powered hardware.

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Alibaba’s headquarters in Hangzhou, China’s eastern Zhejiang province. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

Alibaba chairman Joe Tsai says US-China AI competition is not ‘winner takes all’

Speaking on a podcast, Tsai said the winner in AI should not be defined as ‘the strongest AI model’, but on ‘who can adopt it faster’.

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Alibaba Group chairman Joe Tsai (left) seen during the All-In podcast. Photo: Handout
NBA China games

Nets v Suns in Macau: tracing the NBA’s rise, fall and return to China

Clash marks first NBA game in China since Daryl Morey’s 2019 tweet that prompted blackout of the league in country.

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NBA

March Madness? Asian college basketball looks to copy US pizazz to widen appeal

University tournament’s chief executive wants to create more ‘sportainment’ in mould of United States’ NCAA.

NBA

Basketball or study? Chinese children can pursue both via ‘incredible platform’

Joe Tsai Basketball Scholarship offers ‘different pathway’ as pupils and parents attend coaching and briefing sessions in Hangzhou.

Pupils attend a training session held by the Joe Tsai Basketball Scholarship and the Asian University Basketball League in Hangzhou. Photo: AUBL
Artificial intelligence

China Future Tech webinar | How China’s open-source movement changed the AI landscape

A deep dive into China’s open-source AI revolution involving DeepSeek, Alibaba.

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Artificial intelligence

How open-source AI is helping China win hearts and market share

China’s free-for-all AI models, developed by firms like DeepSeek and Alibaba, present a viable alternative to US closed-source systems.

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Artificial intelligence

Alibaba AI model-based agentic framework tops global ranking

DeepSWE, trained on the Qwen3-32B model, scored 59 per cent accuracy in the latest industry benchmark to outperform a DeepSeek-V3 variant.

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