Alibaba to require major commercial users of its AI model 'Qwen3.8-Max' to share a portion of the revenue.
Chinese AI giant Alibaba has announced that it will be opening up its ' Qwen3.8-Max ' model, and it has become clear that it plans to require large commercial users to share a portion of the revenue with Alibaba.
EXCLUSIVE: Alibaba plans to charge big users of its next open-source AI model, sources say | Reuters
Alibaba to charge large users of its next open-source AI model, sources say | Reuters
https://jp.reuters.com/economy/QUCF6KOUD5NMZCT4GM4ZI54JF4-2026-08-07/
Alibaba plans revenue sharing for next open-source Qwen AI model
https://qz.com/alibaba-qwen-open-source-revenue-sharing-080726
Alibaba tests new business model for Qwen open-source AI
https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/news/alibaba-qwen-open-source-ai-revenue-sharing/
Alibaba's AI model 'Qwen' series has seen Qwen 3.5 and Qwen 3.6 released as open models, Qwen 3.7 as a closed model, and Qwen 3.8 is expected to be open model again.
Alibaba announces the open model release of 'Qwen3.8,' a large-scale model with 2.4 trillion parameters, boasting 'performance second only to Claude Fable 5' - GIGAZINE
According to sources, Qwen3.8-Max is planned to be an open model/open waitlist, along with mandatory revenue sharing.
Moonshot AI, another Chinese AI company like Alibaba, has already opened up its AI model 'Kimi-K3' as an open model. Under the 'Kimi K3 License,' it offers the model as a service and is asking businesses with annual sales exceeding $20 million (approximately 3.18 billion yen) to enter into a commercial agreement with Moonshot AI. Alibaba has now adopted this model.
It is reported that Moonshot AI may be seeking up to 30% revenue sharing under the 'Kimi K3 License,' but the details have not been revealed, and Alibaba has not yet decided how it plans to set the revenue sharing rate.
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