Alibaba restructured its AI organization three times in five weeks. Each move built on the last. Together they tell a single story about where the company is heading.
🧵 It started with a midnight resignation. Lin Junyang, architect of the Qwen model family, posted six words: “me stepping down. bye my beloved qwen.”
Within 12 hours, Tongyi Lab held an emergency all-hands. The next morning, CEO Eddie Wu sent a company-wide letter.
This was not a planned transition.