Alibaba (09988.HK) said on its fiscal 2027 Q1 analyst call that AI has become the core growth engine for Alibaba Cloud. AI-related products generated annualized recurring revenue (ARR) above RMB49.5 billion (USD7.3 billion) this quarter, accounting f

2026-08-20

Alibaba (09988.HK) said on its fiscal 2027 Q1 analyst call that AI has become the core growth engine for Alibaba Cloud. AI-related products generated annualized recurring revenue (ARR) above RMB49.5 billion (USD7.3 billion) this quarter, accounting for 35% of Alibaba Cloud’s external commercial revenue; AI product gross margins are materially higher than the cloud average.