Alibaba shares plunged 10% after the tech giant priced a $10.2 billion share placement to fund its growing AI investments.

The Chinese tech giant is expanding beyond retail into chips, cloud and large language models as surging spending weighs on quarterly profits.

The Chinese tech giant announced it will issue HK$80 billion in new shares to fully fund its global AI push.

Alibaba aims to raise $10 billion through a share sale to enhance its artificial intelligence capabilities and compete globally.