Alibaba creates new Qianwen consumer business unit to unify AI apps and hardware

Summary

Chinese media report that Alibaba has formed a dedicated Qianwen C-end business unit, led by group vice president Wu Jia, by merging its Intelligent Information and Intelligent Connectivity divisions. The new unit will consolidate consumer-facing products—including the Qianwen AI app, Quark search, Alibaba’s AI hardware efforts, UC browser and Shuqi reading—signaling a push to build a coherent ecosystem around Alibaba’s large language model and AI services for end users.