SiliconFlow raises $294 million as China’s AI inference demand surges, Alibaba unveils Qwen-Robot AI models

The redesign adds a chatbot-style interface to help users navigate more than 10,000 services, while keeping payments and transfers under manual control

The Series B round highlights renewed investor appetite for Model-as-a-Service providers as enterprise adoption of AI agents strains computing capacity

SiliconFlow raises $294 million as China’s AI inference demand surges, Alibaba unveils Qwen-Robot AI models