China's Manus AI announces partnership with Alibaba's Qwen team

Chinese AI startup Manus AI partners with Alibaba’s Qwen AI team to integrate Manus’ functionalities into domestic models and computing platforms. The collaboration leverages Qwen’s open-source AI models for implementation.

By Reuters | Updated: Mar 11, 2025, 06.34 PM IST

Chinese artificial intelligence start-up Manus AI announced on Tuesday a strategic partnership with the team behind Alibaba's Qwen AI models.

The two sides will collaborate based on Qwen's open-source AI models and aim to implement all of Manus' functionalities on China's domestic models and computing platforms, Manus co-founder Zhang Tao said on the Jike social media platform.

Alibaba did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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