Alibaba Previews Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4 Trillion-Parameter Multimodal Model, Days After Moonshot’s Kimi K3 Open-Weight Launch

Alibaba’s Qwen team previewed Qwen3.8-Max-Preview at WAIC in Shanghai.

The model is being positioned as a 2.4 trillion-parameter multimodal flagship upgrade.

It is still only a preview, with open-weight release and full benchmark details yet to come.

The move underscores Alibaba’s push in the frontier AI race as competition intensifies after Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 launch.