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Alibaba's cloud division is facing scrutiny over its AI strategy, with investors closely monitoring its token revenue growth as a key indicator of future profitability. While AI compute sales offer high revenue, they yield low profit margins, prompting a shift towards a "model-as-a-service" (MaaS) approach. Despite initial concerns about multimodal capabilities and competitive pacing, Alibaba has accelerated its MaaS efforts with new product launches and internal restructuring, aiming to capture higher-margin revenue and deeper customer integration. AI
IMPACT Alibaba's strategic shift to high-margin AI token revenue signals a broader industry trend towards monetizing AI capabilities beyond raw compute.