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Models2026-08-13 · source-backed
Alibaba published a fine-grained MoE with 2.4T total / 95B active, 512 experts, and a 92-layer hybrid full/linear attention backbone. vLLM shipped day-0 support verified on NVIDIA and AMD with ready 4-bit checkpoints (NVFP4 at 1.32 TiB for an 8xB300 node, MXFP4 at 1.45 TiB for 8xMI355X), and NVIDIA measured over 4K tokens/sec per GPU on GB300 NVL72. Top r/LocalLLaMA post of the day at 1,507 upvotes, with the HF discussion tab full of complaints that the open release is text-only and stripped of the 1M context and vision that Qwen3.8-Max has behind the API. Nobody reading this can run it. The 27B is the one local builders want, and Qwen pulled its posted release date about a day and a half after posting it.
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Alibaba released Qwen / Shared entities / Same source domain / Earlier coverage / Tension
Linked by a graph relationship (Alibaba released Qwen); both cover Alibaba, GPU, LocalLLaMA, MoE; reported by the same outlet (huggingface.co, reddit.com).
Alibaba partners with NVIDIA / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Downstream implication
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Alibaba partners with NVIDIA / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Alibaba partners with NVIDIA); both cover Alibaba, LocalLLaMA, MoE, NVIDIA; reported by the same outlet (huggingface.co, reddit.com).
Alibaba partners with NVIDIA / Shared entities / Same source domain / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Alibaba partners with NVIDIA); both cover AMD, LocalLLaMA, MoE, NVIDIA; reported by the same outlet (huggingface.co, reddit.com).
Alibaba invested in Moonshot / Shared entities / Same source domain / Earlier coverage / Tension
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Alibaba released Qwen / Shared entities / Same source domain / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Alibaba released Qwen); both cover LocalLLaMA, MoE, Qwen, Qwen3; reported by the same outlet (huggingface.co, reddit.com).
Alibaba released Qwen / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Alibaba released Qwen); both cover Alibaba, LocalLLaMA, Qwen, Qwen3; reported by the same outlet (reddit.com).
Alibaba partners with NVIDIA / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
Linked by a graph relationship (Alibaba partners with NVIDIA); both cover LocalLLaMA, NVIDIA, Qwen3; reported by the same outlet (reddit.com).