Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (阿里巴巴) raised HK$80 billion (US$10.2 billion) in Hong Kong’s biggest follow-on offering, underscoring its willingness to amass and spend vast sums to take the lead in global artificial intelligence (AI).The online retail giant-turned-AI player sold 710 million shares at HK$

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.