Alibaba cuts Qwen AI model costs on Qoder coding platform to capture US workday demand (opens in new tab)

Alibaba Group Holding has slashed prices for its flagship Qwen AI models by up to 80 per cent on its Qoder agentic coding platform, offering an aggressive discount to hook global developers to compete with US and Chinese rivals like Anthropic and Zhipu AI. The e-commerce and cloud giant said on X on Tuesday that it was cutting the price of its flagship Qwen3.7-Max model by 80 per cent and its smaller Qwen3.7-Plus model by 60 per cent for international users from 10pm to 8am Beijing time. The...