AI lab · updated 22 October 2026
Is Alibaba Qwen winning the AI race?
Not right now. Alibaba Qwen is #4 of 10 on the AI Race index, 13.7 points behind the leader, Meta.
#4 80.6 −0.1 in 24h
Alibaba Qwen at a glance
- Flagship model
- Qwen3.8-Max, released 2026-08
- Based in
- Hangzhou, CN
- Valuation
- Part of Alibaba · market cap ≈ $271B, 16 Oct 2026
- Attention, 24h
- 33/100 · 15 stories, 0 HN points (not counted in the index)
Alibaba's open-weights engine, shipping at a relentless cadence.
What the score is made of
| Component | Weight | Qwen |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | 55% | 80.0 |
| Release velocity | 25% | 77.6 |
| Compute & capital | 20% | 86.0 |
The index is a 7-day average. Capability comes from the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index and LMArena, release velocity from model launches on OpenRouter, and capital from valuations or market caps. News attention is shown but never counted. How the index works.
Latest Alibaba Qwen models
- Qwen3.8 Max Prime · 23 September 2026
- Qwen3.8 Omni Flash · 21 September 2026
- Qwen3.8 Max (0902) · 3 September 2026
- Qwen3.8 Flash · 26 August 2026
- Qwen3.8 27B · 14 August 2026
Alibaba Qwen in the news
- Tracebit Says Deceptive Prompts Cut AI-Agent Attack Success · cyber.hendryadrian.com · Howl.link
- Perplexity announced local Computer mode for Apple silicon Macs · NeoTeo
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs Qwen 3.8 Flash: Two Designs, One Price · OrcaRouter
- The Personal Agent Battle: Expanding into the Hardware Sector · 36Kr
- GPT-Rosalind vs Qwen 4 Max: Cost Per Agent, Not Tokens · OrcaRouter
- Flock.io Launches AI Decision Model Built on Qwen for Edge Deployment · Cantech Letter
- Theta Network: EdgeCloud partners with Alibaba Cloud to offer Qwen AI models - 21 Oct 2026 · TradingView
- Alibaba Drops 3% Against Broader Market Rally: AI Investments Clash with Technical Downtrend · TradingView
How Alibaba Qwen compares
| # | Lab | Index | 24h | Flagship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meta | 94.3 | −0.1 | Muse Wonder |
| 2 | Anthropic | 91.6 | −0.1 | Claude Opus 5.5 |
| 3 | Google DeepMind | 89.7 | −0.1 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| 4 | Alibaba Qwen | 80.6 | −0.1 | Qwen3.8-Max |
| 5 | OpenAI | 80.4 | ±0.0 | GPT-6 Astra |
| 6 | DeepSeek | 73.8 | −0.1 | DeepSeek V4.1-Flash |
| 7 | xAI | 70.8 | −0.1 | Grok 4.7 |
| 8 | Moonshot AI | 58.8 | ±0.0 | Kimi K3 |
| 9 | Mistral AI | 56.5 | ±0.0 | Mistral Large 4 |
| 10 | Apple | 50.1 | ±0.0 | Siri AI (iOS 27) |
Head to head: DeepSeek vs Alibaba Qwen