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Chinese humanoid startup X Square Robot announced Monday it has secured around $100 million in a funding round led by Alibaba Cloud. HongShan, formerly Sequoia Capital China, also participated in the latest funding round.

Alibaba's recent financials show stagnating revenue growth and only modest profit gains, making its low valuation potentially deceptive. Intense competition from JD, PDD, and newcomers like Douyin has eroded Alibaba's market share, unlike Amazon's dominant US position. Regulatory uncertainty and lack of innovative growth initiatives further limit Alibaba's long-term prospects and make management's strategy uninspiring. AI moves by the Company may be more hype than substance.

Few tech giants have faced as sharp a reversal of fortune as Alibaba Group (BABA 3.48%). Once the pride of China's internet economy and a global e-commerce leader, Alibaba has spent the last four years navigating regulatory crackdowns, intensifying competition, and sluggish consumer demand.

Alibaba Group (BABA 3.48%) is best known as China's e-commerce pioneer, with platforms like Taobao and Tmall shaping the shopping habits of hundreds of millions of consumers. But in recent quarters, the company has been pushing hard into a new frontier: quick commerce, or ultra-fast delivery of groceries and daily essentials within 30 minutes to an hour.

Jobs data is softening, making a September Fed rate cut highly likely, but inflation remains stubbornly high, creating tension for markets. Gold and silver are surging as investors seek inflation hedges, while most equities struggle and stock picking becomes more important.

Investors looking for both strong business growth and massive addressable markets often end up at two familiar names: Amazon (AMZN 4.22%) and Alibaba (BABA -3.96%). Each has a powerful commerce engine, a fast-growing cloud platform, and a significant opportunity in AI infrastructure and applications.

HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA and HKEX: 9988 (HKD Counter) and 89988 (RMB Counter), “Alibaba,” “Alibaba Group” or the “Company”) today announced that it has commenced an exchange offer to exchange (i) up to US$1,000 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.875% Senior Notes due 2030, (ii) up to US$1,150 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.250% Senior Notes due 2035, and (iii) up to US$500 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.625% Senior.

Two years is not a long time on Wall Street, and most investors seek to double their money in 5 to 10 years if they are lucky.

The year 2025 has been challenging for many Chinese technology stocks. China's economy has been slowing down.

Equities swooned in both China and Hong Kong, led by semiconductor and tech hardware stocks, which had risen the most over the past weeks.