Qwen hits 3B downloads in 6 months, surpassing Meta and Google combined
heypearlai · x · 2026-08-16
Alibaba has quietly become the most downloaded AI model maker globally with 3 billion Qwen downloads in six months, surpassing the combined total of Meta and Google. The gap is attributed to Alibaba shipping usable open weights faster than any competitor can keep up, rather than relying on a single hit model.
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