US Stocks Movement | Alibaba (BABA.US) rises over 8% as company executives say AI investments are starting to show results
According to Jinse Finance APP, on Friday, Alibaba (BABA.US) opened with a surge of over 8%, marking its largest increase since March 5, closing at $130.22. In terms of news, the company’s Q2 fiscal revenue grew by 2% year-on-year, falling short of expectations, while net profit soared by 76% to 42.4 billion yuan, mainly due to gains from changes in the fair value of equity investments. Instant retail business revenue in the first half of 2025 increased by 12% year-on-year. Alibaba Cloud revenue grew by 26% year-on-year, and AI-related product revenue achieved triple-digit year-on-year growth for eight consecutive quarters. Capital expenditure surged from about 11.9 billion yuan in the same period last year to about 38.7 billion yuan this quarter.
During tonight’s conference call, Alibaba Group CEO Wu Yongming stated that Alibaba owns the world’s fourth largest and Asia’s leading cloud, and possesses full-stack technical capabilities from AI computing power, AI cloud platform, AI models, open-source ecosystem, to AI applications. This quarter, Alibaba’s Capex investment in AI+Cloud reached 38.6 billion yuan. Over the past four quarters, more than 100 billion yuan has been cumulatively invested in AI infrastructure and AI product R&D. Alibaba’s investment in AI has begun to show results, whether it is Alibaba Cloud’s rapid growth driven by customers’ AI needs, or the AI experience upgrades in a wide range of to C and to B scenarios, all demonstrating that the AI-driven path for Alibaba’s rapid growth is becoming increasingly clear.
Disclaimer: The content of this article solely reflects the author's opinion and does not represent the platform in any capacity. This article is not intended to serve as a reference for making investment decisions.
You may also like
$8.8 billion outflow countdown: MSTR is becoming the abandoned child of global index funds
The final result will be revealed on January 15, 2026, and the market has already started to vote with its feet.

Deconstructing DAT: Beyond mNAV, How to Identify "Real vs. Fake HODLing"?
There is only one iron rule for investing in DAT: ignore premium bubbles and only invest in those with a genuine flywheel of continuously increasing "crypto per share."

Empowered by AI Avatars, How Does TwinX Create Immersive Interaction and a Value Closed Loop?
1. **Challenges in the Creator Economy**: Web2 content platforms suffer from issues such as opaque algorithms, non-transparent distribution, unclear commission rates, and high costs for fan migration, making it difficult for creators to control their own data and earnings. 2. **Integration of AI and Web3**: The development of AI technology, especially AI Avatar technology, combined with Web3's exploration of the creator economy, offers new solutions aimed at breaking the control of centralized platforms and reconstructing content production and value distribution. 3. **Positioning of the TwinX Platform**: TwinX is an AI-driven Web3 short video social platform that aims to reconstruct content, interaction, and value distribution through AI avatars, immersive interactions, and a decentralized value system, enabling creators to own their data and income. 4. **Core Features of TwinX**: These include AI avatar technology, which allows creators to generate a learnable, configurable, and sustainably operable "second persona", as well as a closed-loop commercialization pathway that integrates content creation, interaction, and monetization. 5. **Web3 Characteristics**: TwinX embodies the assetization and co-governance features of Web3. It utilizes blockchain to confirm and record interactive behaviors, turning user activities into traceable assets, and enables participants to engage in platform governance through tokens, thus integrating the creator economy with community governance.

Aster CEO explains in detail the vision of Aster privacy L1 chain, reshaping the decentralized trading experience
Aster is set to launch a privacy-focused Layer 1 (L1) public chain, along with detailed plans for token empowerment, global market expansion, and liquidity strategies.

