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- Alibaba Cloud launches its first public cloud region in the Netherlands
Alibaba Cloud launched its first public cloud region in the Netherlands, calling the country one of Europe's most vibrant digital economies as it expands European infrastructure.
- Alibaba Cloud Model Studio opens Qwen-Image-2.1 Pro and Turbo APIs for generate-and-edit
Alibaba Cloud says Qwen-Image-2.1 Pro and Turbo APIs are live on Model Studio, describing one 7B model path for image generation and editing.
- Alibaba Cloud open-sources PolarDB for Xscale v2.5.0 with AI Function and HNSW
Alibaba Cloud says PolarDB for Xscale open-source v2.5.0 is out, strengthening AI-native capabilities with AI Function and HNSW support.
- Alibaba Cloud partners with Theta EdgeCloud to offer Qwen3.8 models on a decentralized GPU network
Alibaba Cloud says it is bringing Qwen models, including Qwen3.8-Max and Qwen3.8-Flash, to Theta EdgeCloud, a decentralized GPU compute network aimed at Web3 developers.
- Alibaba Cloud open-sources cosh, an interactive shell for AI agents on its ANOLISA agentic OS
Alibaba Cloud released cosh, an open-source interactive shell for AI agents that runs on ANOLISA, with a setup guide for deploying it on Alibaba Cloud ECS.
- Alibaba Cloud pitches STAROps FinOps for asking about cloud costs in plain language and spotting idle resources
Alibaba Cloud promoted STAROps FinOps, which lets teams ask about cloud spending in plain language over unified time, cost and usage data, spot idle resources and savings, and keep cost anomalies visible, describing it as a closed loop from detection to resolution.
- QwenWork can run scheduled price checks across websites and send a weekly report
Alibaba Cloud said users can tell QwenWork once to check competitor prices every Monday at 9 AM. It opens each page, compares against the previous week's snapshot, and reports new lines, markdowns and promotions with timestamped screenshots.
- QwenWork breaks down a reference video's pacing, transitions and text timing
Alibaba Cloud said users can drop a reference video into QwenWork to break down its creative elements, including pacing, transition patterns, text timing and overall structure, to guide their own product videos.
- Alibaba Cloud becomes official AI strategic partner of Berlin's Circuit hub
Alibaba Cloud said it is the official AI strategic partner of Circuit, a Berlin AI community hub, pairing Qwen models with Circuit's local access.
- Alibaba Cloud named a Leader in 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrants for GenAI models and cloud platforms
Alibaba Cloud said it was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for both Generative AI Model Providers and Strategic Cloud Platform Services, citing the Qwen model family and full-stack AI infrastructure.