Return of the Old Guard vs New Rivals

This week’s podcast has my take-aways from my Nov 2026 visit to Alibaba.

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The take-aways are:

1. “AI Plus Ecommerce” Is the Big Focus Domestically
2. The China Instant Commerce War Was Entertaining
3. The Instant Commerce War Strategically Important for Alibaba
4. Alibaba’s Liya and Digital KOLs Are Amazing
5. Alibaba’s “AI Plus Ecommerce” Is Going International. Definitely Try These.
   1. Accio
   2. Aidge
6. The Alibaba AI Apps I Am Watching
   1. DingTalk
   2. Quark
   3. Amap
   4. Qwen
   5. Wan
   6. Tongyi Deep Research
7. 6 Six Alibaba values

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