Alibaba and NVIDIA have joined and expanded their cooperation in AI and robotics. Both companies announced at the Apsar conference in Hangzhou that the embodied AI NVIDIA tools would be integrated into the Alibaba Cloud machine learning. This step gives developers access to NVIDIA tools to build AI systems that interact with the physical world, including robotics and autonomous control.
The set includes data processing resources, real -time fitness learning and model training. For companies experimenting with robotics, autonomous vehicles or other machines that have to respond to people and their surroundings, the embodied AI becomes the main area of focus.
Building on earlier projects
This is not the first time that both companies worked at the Apsar conference. Alibaba Cloud, Nvidia and Banma Network Technology – Alibaba’s Smart Cockpit Solutions Arm – launched at last year’s event – a large multimodal model for automotive applications. This model was folded into the NVIDIA powered platform platform, which was accepted by Chinese electric vehicles, including Li AUTO and GREAT WALL Motor to power intelligent driving systems.
By returning to the stage with another joint project, companies have indicated that their partnership has exceeded one -off cooperation. For Alibaba, it emphasizes the desire to anchor its AI ambitions on NVIDIA technology, while NVIDIA shows the continuing influence of the company in the Chinese industry AI and robotic industries, even though the export of the chip remains a sensitive theme between Washington and Beijing.
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While the news was not the main surprise – NVIDIA has already worked with large cloud providers, such as Amazon Web Services – analysts said that this step is still meaningful for the Chinese AI ecosystem. It offers developers access to proven technology, while domestic chipmers are working to close the gap in the field of performance.
“I think this cooperation indicates that China has more regulatory flexibility for NVIDIA solution, which would probably require regulatory supervision of potential domestic competition,” said Tilly Zhang, technology analyst at Beijing in Galkal Dragonomics.
She explained that regulators seem to interfere with the balance between the protection of the local industry and the provision of Chinese companies best tools available to accelerate embodied AI development. “Since most Chinese chip companies still fail to balance the performance of NVIDIA, it requires the balance of domestic alternatives against access to the best technology to increase embodied growth AI. The regulators chose to support wider and stronger domestic technological development.”
NVIDIA’S PUSH IN ROBOTICS
Nvidia was the largest sponsor of this year’s Apsar Conference. Deepu Talla, Vice President of the Robotics and Edge AI, represented the company during Wednesday’s announcement.
The partnership is up to date because several Chinese companies build humanoid and industrial robots – including Unitree, Agibot, Galbot, Engine AI and Ubtech Robotics – are soon adoptors of the new NVIDIA hardware. In August, NVIDIA introduced the Jetson AGX Thor developer and production modules, a compact but powerful computers designed to operate advanced robotic applications. These systems can support industries from production and logistics to healthcare, agriculture and retail, giving developers a common platform for designing machines capable of intelligent interactions in real time.
Larger plans Alibaby
The cooperation also associates with the wider AI Alibaba strategy. At the beginning of this week, he said that the CEO of the Eddie Wu Yongming Group, which also chaired Alibaba Cloud, said the company would increase the planned investment in AI infrastructure. The original commitment was 380 billion yuan ($ 53 billion) in the next three years, but Wu suggested that further funds be canceled. He did not publish the revised figure.
This promise has encountered investors’ interest. Alibaba shares in Hong Kong climbed 9.2 % on Wednesday to $ 174, which is the highest closure since September 2021. The jump came even though the city faced its strongest typhoon in seven years, a sign of renewed confidence.
The US Investor Cathie Wood, who purchased alibaba shares worth $ 16.3 million – helped at the assembly – its first purchase of the company’s shares in four years. Her investment was considered a sign of approval from one of the most monitored Wall Street funds.
We look forward to seeing ahead
Meanwhile, partnership offers Chinese developers AI immediately access to embodied AI NVIDIA technology, which could speed up progress in fields such as robotics and autonomous systems. At the same time, it emphasizes that regulatory bodies face the choice of foreign technology against the support of domestic chips.
As the embodied AI continues to attract worldwide attention, the latest collaboration of Alibaba and NVIDIA shows how global and local players remain connected – even in an environment formed by business limits and growing competition.
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