EventBusinessAugust 7, 2026

Alibaba Reportedly Plans Revenue-Sharing Terms for Next Qwen Model

Large commercial users of Alibaba's next open-weight Qwen model would pay a revenue share for its use, per IT Home; the percentage is still being negotiated and the plan could be introduced as early as next week. It would extend Alibaba's monetization beyond Alibaba Cloud, where open models run in-house currently incur no model fees.

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