Alibaba offers more DeepSeek AI models at low prices, denies investment rumours

Alibaba Group Holding added to its cloud computing service more artificial intelligence (AI) models from DeepSeek, as the Hangzhou-based technology giant rejected speculation that it planned to invest in the hot start-up based in the same city.
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Alibaba’s cloud computing and AI unit is offering six new DeepSeek models through its large language model (LLM) service platform Bailian, according to a WeChat post from Alibaba Cloud on Sunday.

The share price of Alibaba, owner of the South China Morning Post, gained 5.5 per cent in Hong Kong on Monday.

A closer integration of Alibaba’s cloud service and DeepSeek models comes as Chinese businesses and consumers are rushing to adopt the start-up’s open-source products.

Alibaba, along with other major Chinese cloud service providers – including Tencent Holdings, Huawei Technologies, and Baidu – all worked overtime during the Lunar New Year holiday to support DeepSeek’s new models on their respective platforms.
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The country’s three major telecoms operators – China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom – also integrated DeepSeek’s models into their services.