Beyond e-commerce play, Alibaba will leverage AI and machine learning to dominate as a ‘great tech company’

The company is leveraging bleeding-edge technologies like AI and machine...


Clear skies ahead as Alibaba makes a push towards cloud computing

In their letter to shareholders, Jack Ma and Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang both...


Alibaba backs PlaceIQ, a provider of location tools and data

 PlaceIQ has a new, big-name investor — Chinese e-commerce giant...


Alibaba leads US$10M investment in fashion e-tailer Grana

The startup ships fashion apparels directly to 12 countries, including...


Jack Ma named UN Special Adviser on youth entrepreneurship, small businesses

Recently Ma’s name was proposed for the post of Adviser for...


Targeting early-stage startups, Linear Venture closes US$70M fund

Targeting data-driven companies, the dual-currency fund brings Linear’s...


Ant Financial steps into US market with acquition of iris scanning company EyeVerify

Ant Financial’s user base, which includes Alipay, will be able to use an...


Jack Ma: Alibaba to invest more in the ASEAN region

Indonesia is especially worth mentioning as a target market for Chinese...


Indonesia wants Jack Ma in its forthcoming steering committee for e-commerce development

The steering committee is a follow-up on the recently finalised e-commerce...


With Alibaba in the horizon, who among Flipkart and Amazon will be the king of India’s e-commerce scene?

Although Amazon clearly has an edge over Flipkart, the Indian e-commerce giant...