“Airbnb’s reliance on Alibaba’s Qwen”

#22 in Peter Yang reports that Silicon Valley AI tools—from Cursor’s Composer 2 on Moonshot’s Kimi K2.5 to Cognition’s SWE-1.6 fine-tuned on Zhipu’s GLM and Airbnb’s reliance on Alibaba’s Qwen—are all powered by Chinese open-source models. He highlights Zhipu’s new GLM-5.

“#11 𝕏 DeepLearning.AI spotlights Alibaba’s launch of the open-weight Qwen3.5 vision-language model family, from a 9B-parameter variant that rivals much larger systems to massive versions.”

#11 𝕏 DeepLearning.AI spotlights Alibaba’s launch of the open-weight Qwen3.5 vision-language model family, from a 9B-parameter variant that rivals much larger systems to massive versions. #12 𝕏 Google DeepMind is partnering with Agile Robots to integrate its Gemini foundation models into their robotic hardware, aiming to build the next generation of more helpful, intelligent robots.

“Simon comments on Qwen 3.5, calling it a remarkable family of open-weight models from Alibaba, while noting concern about the team's recent high-profile departures.”

#16 📝 Simon Willison Something is afoot in the land of Qwen - Simon comments on Qwen 3.5, calling it a remarkable family of open-weight models from Alibaba, while noting concern about the team's recent high-profile departures.

“Alibaba Introduces Qwen 3.5 Small Models for Edge #1 𝕏 Qwen launched the Qwen 3.5 Small Model Series—0.8B, 2B, 4B & 9B-parameter native multimodal models with improved architecture and scaled RL, optimized for fast edge deployment and lightweight agents while closing the gap to larger models.”

Alibaba Introduces Qwen 3.5 Small Models for Edge #1 𝕏 Qwen launched the Qwen 3.5 Small Model Series—0.8B, 2B, 4B & 9B-parameter native multimodal models with improved architecture and scaled RL, optimized for fast edge deployment and lightweight agents while closing the gap to larger models. #2 𝕏 Google DeepMind launched Nano Banana 2, an AI tool boasting upgraded vibrant lighting, richer textures, and sharper elements to take your visual ideas to the next level.

“NVIDIA AI highlights Alibaba President Kuo Zhang on the NVIDIA AI Podcast explaining how AI agents like Accio slash global sourcing times from weeks to hours, empowering entrepreneurs to compete worldwide.”

#16 𝕏 NVIDIA AI highlights Alibaba President Kuo Zhang on the NVIDIA AI Podcast explaining how AI agents like Accio slash global sourcing times from weeks to hours, empowering entrepreneurs to compete worldwide.

“Qwen launched Qwen3.5-397B-A17B, the first open-weight model in the Qwen3.5 series with native multimodal capabilities and real-world agent training.”

Alibaba Launches First Open-Weight Qwen3.5 Model #1 𝕏 Qwen launched Qwen3.5-397B-A17B, the first open-weight model in the Qwen3.5 series with native multimodal capabilities and real-world agent training. It uses hybrid linear attention + sparse MoE for 8.

“Greg Isenberg demonstrates Alibaba’s new AI agent platform Axio, walking through how it uses trend data to generate product ideas and designs, pinpoints rising niches, matches them with verified suppliers, and automates outreach to speed up launching a multi-million dollar e-commerce business.”

From YouTube Watch me use AI to make millions in ecommerce Greg Isenberg • January 05, 2026 Greg Isenberg demonstrates Alibaba’s new AI agent platform Axio, walking through how it uses trend data to generate product ideas and designs, pinpoints rising niches, matches them with verified suppliers, and automates outreach to speed up launching a multi-million dollar e-commerce business. Key Takeaways: Axio integrates with Amazon trend data to identify hot product categories—like smart baby monitors and convertible cribs—providing market analysis and visual design mockups for each concept.