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Qwen team @ Alibaba (通义千问 / 通义实验室)
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Known for: Alibaba Cloud's open model family, Bailian MaaS layer, coding/agent benchmarks, and developer distribution.
Tongyi Lab established end of 2022 by merging DAMO language/vision/AI teams into Alibaba Cloud. 36Kr and TMTPost frame Qwen as Alibaba's model layer for cloud AI revenue, Bailian MaaS, open-source distribution, and agent/coding benchmarks; Qwen itself has no standalone valuation or P&L.
QwenQwen2.5Qwen3Qwen3-VLQwen3.7-Max (reported)Tongyi Qianwen
ARR
~RMB35.9B (~$5.2B) platform run-rate
Alibaba Cloud AI-related products; not standalone Qwen P&L
via Alibaba results / SCMPValuation
Parent-owned
Alibaba-owned team; no standalone lab valuation used
Funding raised
Internal
Internal platform funding, not comparable to venture rounds
Key people
- WANG Guoyin (王国胤)(former) Co-founder & Head of Post-Training, 01.AI — now leading Alibaba Tongyi Qwen Pilot group
- ZHOU Jingren (周靖人)CTO Alibaba Cloud Intelligence; head of Tongyi Lab; Deputy Head of DAMO; Chief AI Architect
- HUANG Fei (黄飞)Chief Scientist & Senior Director, Language Technologies Lab, DAMO Academy
- ZHOU Hao (周浩)New Qwen tech lead (March 2026), replacing Lin Junyang
- BAI Shuai (白帅)Lead author Qwen3-VL; head of Qwen vision-language line
- AN YangLead author Qwen3 Technical Report; pre-training lead
Notable alumni & departures
Models & API pricing
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