{"id":3731957,"date":"2026-05-13T23:16:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T03:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/?p=3731957"},"modified":"2026-05-13T23:17:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T03:17:18","slug":"alibaba-sacrifices-profits-to-fuel-ai-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/earnings\/2026\/alibaba-sacrifices-profits-to-fuel-ai-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Alibaba Sacrifices Profits to Fuel AI Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Artificial intelligence accounts for a rapidly growing share of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alibabagroup.com\/en-US\/about-alibaba\">Alibaba Group<\/a>\u2019s revenue, and it will deliver a return on the substantial investment the company is making in AI infrastructure, CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alibabagroup.com\/en-US\/about-alibaba-leadership-1637927598568767488\">Eddie Wu<\/a> said Wednesday (May 13).<\/p><div\r\n\tid=\"article-paywall-overlay\"\r\n\tclass=\"d-none\"\r\n>\r\n\t<div 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it calls \u201cAI + Cloud\u201d businesses, saw its revenue increase 40% year over year, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/data.alibabagroup.com\/ecms-files\/1508664153\/39fb0820-b955-4ead-a949-85e3b41df757\/March%20Quarter%202026%20Results.pdf\">presentation<\/a> released Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the certainty of long-term AI demand and our full-stack technology advantages, we expect this trajectory to sustain strong growth over the medium to long term,\u201d Wu said.<\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s AI revenue has seen triple-digit growth for 11 consecutive quarters. This has brought AI product revenue to where it accounts for 30% of the group\u2019s revenue, per the presentation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are at a pivotal inflection point in the evolution from conversational chatbots to autonomous AI agents, which is directly driving explosive growth across three core workload categories: training, inference and agent orchestration,\u201d Wu said during the call. \u201cAgainst this backdrop, Alibaba\u2019s AI has moved beyond the initial investment phase and progressed commercialization at scale.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"pymnt-1307718450\" class=\"pymnt-content pymnt-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 50px;\"><p style=\"text-align:center\">Advertisement: Scroll to Continue<\/p><script async type=\"text\/javascript\" id=\"dianomi_context_script\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dianomi.com\/js\/contextfeed.js\"><\/script> \r\n<div class=\"dianomi_context\" data-dianomi-context-id=\"4329\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Amid this growth, Alibaba Group\u2019s EBITDA fell by 61% year over year, which the company said was primarily attributable to its investment in technology businesses, quick commerce and user experiences, according to a Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/data.alibabagroup.com\/ecms-files\/1532295521\/5b1cb883-8d00-4237-a148-6631cc12a5d2\/Alibaba%20Group%20Announces%20March%20Quarter%202026%20and%20Fiscal%20Year%202026%20Results.pdf\">earnings release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Asked by an analyst how the company\u2019s management balances its aggressive AI spending against earnings stability, Wu compared it to investing in factories in order to profit from manufacturing in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see the ROI [return on investment] on this investment in the next three- to five-year period as being extremely clear,\u201d Wu said.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, during the quarter, Alibaba saw year-over-year revenue growth of 3%. 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