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Alibaba Stock Jumps on AI Spend Plans, Reported $1B Stake by GameStop CEO

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • U.S.-listed shares of Alibaba Group are rising in premarket trading Friday after GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen reportedly raised his stake in the Chinese tech giant and as investors cheered the company’s "aggressive" plans to boost AI spending.
  • Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu said in the earnings call Thursday, a transcript of which was made available by AlphaSense, that the Chinese tech giant plans to "aggressively invest in AI infrastructure."
  • Cohen, also known as “the meme-stock king,” has increased his personal stake in Alibaba to around 7 million shares worth about $1 billion. according to The Wall Street Journal, who cited people familiar with the matter.

U.S.-listed shares of Alibaba Group (BABA) are rising around 4% in premarket trading Friday after GameStop (GME) CEO Ryan Cohen reportedly raised his stake in the Chinese tech giant and as investors cheered the company’s "aggressive" plans to boost AI spending.

Alibaba reported quarterly results Thursday that 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:beat estimates as its 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:artificial intelligence-driven strategies 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:reaccelerated growth in its core businesses. Its AI-related product revenue also achieved༺ triple-digit growth for the sixth consecutive quarter.

Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu said in the earnings call Thursday, a transcript of which was made available by AlphaSense, that the Chinese tech giant plans to "aggressively invest in AI infrastructure,”

"Our planned investment in cloud and AI infrastructure over the next three years is set to exceed what we have spent over the past decade,” he said.

GameStop's Cohen Reportedly Has Around $1B Alibaba Stake

Also giving the shares a lift is a Thursday report from The Wall Street Journal—citing people familiar with the matter—that Gamestop CEO Cohen, which the newspaper says is known as “the meme-stock king,” has increased his personal stake in Alibaba to around 7 million shares worth about $1 billion. Cohen, cofounder of Chewy (CHWY), became CEO of 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:meme-stock video-game retailer GameStop in 2023.

Investopedia has not independently confirmed the report. Game💧Stop didn’t immediately return a request for comment.

Alibaba shares soared to a 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:three-year high after the results Thursday and are up 85% in the past 12 months through Thursday.

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