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2025.02.26

11:00

18 Ant Group technical papers were included in the AAAI 2025 AI conference

On February 25th, local time, AAAI2025 was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The conference lasted for 8 days and ended on March 4th. AAAI is hosted by the International Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence and is one of the top international academic conferences in the field of artificial intelligence. It is held once a year. AAAI2025 received a total of 12,957 valid submissions, 3,032 of which were accepted, with an acceptance rate of 23.4%. Among them, oral accounts for 4.6%. Ant Group was included in 18 papers, including 3 orals and 15 posters. The research areas involved enhancing privacy protection of large models, improving reasoning speed and reasoning ability, improving the efficiency of large model training, and reducing model hallucinations.

09:04

Matrix Holdings: The company won the bid for the second phase of Ant Group's global headquarters project. The company will work with Ant Group to create the interior design project for 10 buildings including the project's visitor center, office building, and activity center.

2025.02.19

16:21

Ant Group enters the embodied intelligence market, Obbec hits the daily limit several times, staff respond to cooperation

On February 19, Obbec-UW opened in the afternoon and rose sharply, hitting the daily limit several times during the session. On the news front, the official recruitment website of Ant Group showed that from December last year to February this year, the company opened multiple positions in the field of embodied intelligence, including algorithm engineers, R&D engineers, AI perception hardware experts, and whole machine/hardware product experts. The reporter called Obbec as an investor to inquire about the supply of Ant Group. The staff said that the company has provided Ant Group with biometric related products (face payment products). When asked whether it would supply humanoid robot products, the staff said that they did not know much about it.

13:03

A-share Ant concept stocks rose abnormally in the afternoon, Obbec hit the daily limit, Yonganxing, Tianyuan Dico, Xiongdi Technology and other stocks rose. On the news front, a recruitment platform recently showed that Ant Group is open for recruitment for positions such as embodied intelligent humanoid robot systems and applications.

13:02

Ant concept stocks rose abnormally in the afternoon, and Obbec hit the daily limit

Ant concept stocks rose abnormally in the afternoon, Obbec hit the daily limit, Yonganxing, Tianyuan Dico, Xiongdi Technology and other stocks rose. On the news front, a recruitment platform recently showed that Ant Group is open for recruitment for positions such as embodied intelligent humanoid robot systems and applications.

2025.02.07

14:35

It is rumored that Ant International has appointed Yang Jiangming as Chief Innovation Officer. No official response yet

On the afternoon of February 7, it was reported today that Ant International, headquartered in Singapore, announced the appointment of Yang Jiangming, the current Chief Product Officer, as Chief Innovation Officer (CIO), effective immediately. As Chief Innovation Officer, he will promote the coordinated development of Ant International's product and technology teams. Just yesterday, Ant International CTO Dahang was reported to be leaving soon, and Yang Jiangming may need to temporarily assume the responsibility of leading the technical team. Sina Technology has verified this news with the official Ant Group, but as of press time, the other party has not responded.

2025.02.06

11:00

Former Cainiao CFO Liu Zheng joins Ant Group as new CFO

It is reported that Han Xinyi, the incoming CEO and president of Ant Group, announced through an internal email on February 5 that Liu Zheng, the former CFO of Cainiao Group, has joined Ant Group and will serve as the CFO of Ant Group from now on, fully responsible for the financial management of the group and reporting to Han Xinyi. Han Xinyi has served as the CFO of Ant Group since April 2020. After being promoted to the president of Ant Group in March 2024, he will continue to serve as the company's CFO. Ant Group announced on December 8 last year that from March 1 this year, Han Xinyi, the president of Ant Group, will take over the position of CEO of Ant Group, and Jing Xiandong will focus on the work of chairman.

2025.02.05

19:10

Ant Group appoints Liu Zheng as new CFO, fully responsible for the group's financial affairs

Han Xinyi, the incoming CEO and president of Ant Group, announced through an internal email that Liu Zheng, the former CFO of Cainiao Group, has joined Ant Group and will serve as the CFO of Ant Group from now on, taking full responsibility for the financial management of the group and reporting to Han Xinyi.

2025.01.16

21:53

Alipay had a major incident: for 5 minutes, all orders were discounted by 20%

On January 16, several Alipay users posted screenshots of order payment pages on social media, saying that when they used Alipay to make personal transfers, credit card payments, and bill payments between 14:40 and 14:45 in the afternoon, they were prompted with "government subsidies" and a 20% discount. Ant Group confirmed this fact. When asked about the exact time period when the "government subsidy bug" appeared in the Alipay platform system, the scope of the affected area, and the overall size of the order amount involved, the official did not respond.

2025.01.11

15:48

Ant Group acquires Good Doctor to advance "AI+medical care"

Ant Group and Good Doctor Online appeared on the same stage for the first time today after completing the acquisition. Both parties said they would jointly promote the AI of medical services, improve doctors' work efficiency with AI, and released an "AI assistant" to help doctors popularize science and manage medical records.

2025.01.06

10:57

Ant Group and others invest in reconfigurable computing chip developer Qingwei Intelligence

Tianyancha App shows that recently, Beijing Qingwei Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. has undergone industrial and commercial changes. Shenzhen Zhuoyuan Hi-Tech Venture Capital Co., Ltd. and LFC Investment Hong Kong Limited have withdrawn from the ranks of shareholders, and Shanghai Yunyu Enterprise Management Consulting Co., Ltd., Guozhong Private Equity Investment Fund (Xi'an) Partnership (Limited Partnership), Shenzhen Zhuoyuan Industrial Investment Co., Ltd., etc., under Ant Group, have been added as shareholders. At the same time, the registered capital has increased from approximately RMB 40.55 million to approximately RMB 42.49 million. Beijing Qingwei Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. was established in July 2018. The legal representative is Ouyang Peng. The business scope includes commissioned processing of electronic products, sales of computers, software and auxiliary equipment, communication equipment, technical testing, import and export of goods, etc. According to shareholder information, the company is currently jointly held by Beijing Fuhua Tongchuang Technology Management Center (Limited Partnership), Yin Shouyi, Huakong Technology Transfer Co., Ltd., National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund Phase II Co., Ltd. and the above-mentioned new shareholders. The official website shows that Qingwei Intelligence is a commercial enterprise of reconfigurable computing chips.

2024.12.26

10:55

Ant Group: Donate another 100 million yuan to plant trees in Hebei

Recently, the Hebei Provincial Forestry and Grassland Bureau signed an agreement with Ant Group, whereby Ant Group will donate another 100 million yuan to plant trees in Hebei within three years. It is reported that since the comprehensive launch of the "Three Norths" project last year, Ant Group has successively agreed with the forestry and grassland departments of Inner Mongolia and Gansu to "donate another 100 million yuan within three years" to support the ecological restoration work of desertification control. Hebei Province is the third province to which Ant Group has donated.

2024.12.23

20:40

Ant Group establishes new Alipay business group and implements rotating president system

According to Cailianshe, Ant Group issued a letter to all employees, which will accelerate the promotion of dual flywheels and AI strategies, and form a new Alipay business group based on the APP business unit, advertising business unit, digital product business unit, digital livelihood business unit, digital travel and hotel business unit, and digital logistics business unit (formerly the digital logistics & enterprise code business unit). The Digital Payment Business Group and the Alipay Business Group have established a rotating president system. The rotating president will serve as the president of each business group, responsible for promoting the implementation of the strategy and making major decisions. The term of office of the rotating president is six months, and the first two will be Qin Yi and Putian as the rotating presidents of the Digital Payment Business Group and the Alipay Business Group respectively.

2024.12.19

10:42

A-share Junzheng Group's intraday limit fell, with nearly 1.4 million orders blocked. On the news front, Ant Group said on its official Weibo that it currently has no plans to go public, let alone the so-called "backdoor listing."

10:11

Ant Group: There is no plan to go public at present, and there is no so-called "backdoor listing"

On December 19, Ant Group clarified on its official Weibo account: Recently, we have noticed that some institutions have claimed on multiple platforms that "Ant Group is about to go public through a backdoor listing and they have access to internal information", and used this to induce netizens to join groups to obtain recommended stock information. Ant Group currently has no plans to go public, let alone the so-called "backdoor listing".

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