Alibaba Launches 2.4T Parameter Qwen3.8-Max, Open Weights Coming Next Week
Alibaba_Qwen · x · 2026-08-03
Alibaba's Qwen team officially announced Qwen3.8-Max, its most capable model to date with 2.4T parameters, setting a new standard for autonomous coding and coworking.
Key Capabilities:
- Autonomous Coding: Capable of self-evolving development for 10+ days without hand-holding, going from an empty folder to production. A complete project trace is available on GitHub.
- Long-horizon Mastery: Features system-level autonomous planning with closed-loop adaptive learning, driving 500+ turns of chip design optimization and 365-day e-commerce strategies.
- Native Multimodal: Vision acts as a continuous feedback loop for planning, execution, and self-correction.
Pricing & Open Source:
- Priced at $2.0 / M input tokens and $6.0 / M output tokens.
- Open weights for both Qwen3.8-Max and the Qwen3.8-27B model will be released next week.
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