Alibaba’s Next Chapter: From AI-Native To Agent-Native

At Apsara Conference 2025, Alibaba Cloud positioned itself as an AI-native cloud provider, combining infrastructure, foundation models, and platform services into a unified AI stack. One year later, the company’s ambition has expanded significantly. At Apsara Conference 2026, Alibaba outlined a full-stack AI strategy spanning chips, infrastructure, data, models, agents, and global operations.