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Alibaba plans to raise ~$10B in a follow-on share offering to fund AI

Alibaba plans to raise ~$10B in a follow-on share offering to fund AI investments; sources: it plans to offer 710M shares at a 3.6% discount to Friday's close

TL;DRAlibaba raising $10B via stock offering to fund AI development.

Why it matters: Signals major capital commitment to AI amid intensifying competition with rivals like Baidu and ByteDance.

China's Alibaba (9988.HK) on Sunday launched a HK$80-billion ($10.2 billion) share placement to fund artificial intelligence-related development.

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