Alibaba

4 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Apr 16, 2025 by Grace Shao · said 45 times in 20 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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Apr 16, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Shao: Chinese manufacturing provinces are aggressively backing AI and robotics
“There's been a lot of like municipal level or provincial level policies throughout the country. That's really been boosting AI per se, and like I said, physical AI, especially in areas like Zhejiang province or Guangdong province, where they're strong on manuf…”
Grace Shao Apr 16, 2025 ▶ 38:33 Why China's AI Strategy Just Might Work — With Grace Shao
Apr 16, 2025 bearish
Opinion
Shao: Chip shortages are the biggest bottleneck facing Chinese AI development
“It's definitely also hindering Chinese, like, you know, AI development. For sure, that's probably Biggest bottleneck because we talked about it. It has innovation. It has data. It has energy. It doesn't have chips. So unless domestically, you know, we see like…”
Grace Shao Apr 16, 2025 ▶ 1:00:41 Why China's AI Strategy Just Might Work — With Grace Shao
Apr 16, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Shao: Enterprise software is a minor business for Alibaba and ByteDance
“Even the companies that have enterprise softwares like Alibaba or ByteDance, those products are their minor businesses. So it's the whole internet economy is so dependent and reliant on consumer facing applications.”
Grace Shao Apr 16, 2025 ▶ 8:01 Why China's AI Strategy Just Might Work — With Grace Shao
Jun 29, 2026 negative
Assertion Supported
Anthropic Accuses Alibaba of Distilling Its Models
“Anthropic just accused Alibaba of distilling their models recently.”
Alex Kantrowitz Jun 29, 2026 ▶ 21:10 Mythos is Back, OpenAI Releases GPT 5.6, Apple’s Price Increases
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