{"id":96119,"date":"2026-03-20T04:11:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T07:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/alibaba-workforce-shrinks-34-in-2025-as-chinese-tech-giant-doubles-down-on-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T04:11:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T07:11:47","slug":"alibaba-workforce-shrinks-34-in-2025-as-chinese-tech-giant-doubles-down-on-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/alibaba-workforce-shrinks-34-in-2025-as-chinese-tech-giant-doubles-down-on-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Alibaba workforce shrinks 34% in 2025 as Chinese tech giant doubles down on AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"RegularArticle-ArticleBody-5\" data-module=\"ArticleBody\" data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-articleBody-5-2\"><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbed\" id=\"ArticleBody-InlineImage-108200517\" data-test=\"InlineImage\">\n<div 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The tech giant also exited its stake in\u00a0department store chain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alibabagroup.com\/en-US\/document-1805750470585614336\" target=\"_blank\">Intime<\/a> around the same period.<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s second-largest tech company by market cap is amongst a raft of other major tech firms that have reduced headcounts in the past year from Silicon Valley to Hangzhou, China.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alibaba&#8217;s staff has supported its sprawling network of business units spanning e-commerce, cloud, logistics, and other related services.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, Alibaba has been steadily reducing headcount in recent years, though the latest cuts were much larger than the 11% reduction in December 2024 from the prior year.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as Alibaba has sought to offload labor-intensive holdings and restructure its core businesses, with a major focus on artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n<p>The tech giant aims to become a full-stack AI company spanning semiconductor manufacturing to computing and AI models.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The company this week launched an agentic AI service known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/03\/17\/alibaba-wukong-ai-enterprise-tool-restructuring-qwen-exits.html\">Wukong<\/a> for businesses, and hiked prices for its cloud and storage services by as much as 34% due to rising demand and supply chain costs.<\/p>\n<p>Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu said during an earnings call Thursday that the company aimed to grow its cloud and AI revenue to over $100 billion annually over the next five years. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ArticleBody-googlePreferredSourceContainer\" data-module=\"GooglePreferredSource\" data-id=\"RegularArticle-GooglePreferredSource-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/03\/20\/alibaba-headcount-falls-ai-push-sun-art-intime-sales.html\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\nSee more https:\/\/theglobaltrack.com\/<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alibaba stand at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition Center in Shanghai, China, on July 5, 2024. 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