[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-aggregator-alibaba-boosts-us-expansion-wi1120191c549-e038-7add-a53d-9624dab35460":3},{"id":4,"timestamp":5,"title":6,"content":7,"link":8,"preview":9,"tags":10,"predictedTags":11,"showTags":12,"source":13,"reactions":14,"selfReactions":15,"logo":16,"sourceId":17,"sourceUserId":18,"asset":19,"tagsCategories":20,"totalComments":21,"lang":22,"unique_views_count":23,"enrichStatus":19,"triageKind":18,"triageImportance":18,"expandEligible":18,"summarizeEligible":18,"eventEligible":18,"eventType":18,"eventAction":18},"alibaba-boosts-us-expansion-wi1120191c549-e038-7add-a53d-9624dab35460","1725589947000","Alibaba Boosts US Expansion With New AI Sourcing Tool Despite Festering Tensions Between Beijing And Washington: 'Tariffs Added Cost For Both Sides'","\u003Cp>Chinese e-commerce giant, Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:\u003Ca href=\"https://www.benzinga.com/stock/BABA#NYSE\">BABA\u003C/a>), is stepping up its \u003Ca href=\"https://www.benzinga.com/news/24/09/40708358/alibabas-taobao-and-tmall-launch-new-tech-venture-eyeing-global-market-growth\">U.S. expansion\u003C/a> with a new AI-powered sourcing tool designed to simplify the sourcing process for American buyers.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>What Happened: On Thursday, Alibaba.com, the B2B arm of Alibaba, announced at its annual CoCreate conference in Las Vegas, the launch of a new generative artificial intelligence agent. \u003C/p>\u003Cp>This AI agent, functioning as a chatbot, will streamline the sourcing process for American buyers seeking suppliers in China and other countries, \u003Ca href=\"https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/China-tech/Alibaba-accelerates-U.S.-push-with-AI-sourcing-tool\">reported\u003C/a> Nikkei Asia.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Instead of the traditional search method, which can be time-consuming, buyers can interact with the AI agent in natural language. \u003C/p>\u003Cp>The AI agent will list the best suppliers, along with their pros and cons, based on the buyer’s criteria, and even send requests for quotes to selected suppliers automatically.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>See Also: \u003Ca href=\"https://www.benzinga.com/news/24/09/40722123/openai-co-founder-ilya-sutskevers-ai-startup-raises-1b-from-andreessen-horowitz-sequoia-as-sam-altma?itm_source=parsely-api\" target=\"_blank\">OpenAI Co-Founder Ilya Sutskever’s AI Startup Raises $1B From Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia As Sam Altman-Led ...\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.benzinga.com/news/24/09/40744024/alibaba-boosts-us-expansion-with-new-ai-sourcing-tool-despite-festering-tensions-between-beijing-and\" alt=\"Alibaba\">Full story available on Benzinga.com\u003C/a>\u003C/p>","https://www.benzinga.com/news/24/09/40744024/alibaba-boosts-us-expansion-with-new-ai-sourcing-tool-despite-festering-tensions-between-beijing-and","https://cdn.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2024/09/05/Alibaba-Group-Holding-Ltd-ADR-BABA.jpeg?width=1200&height=800&fit=crop","[]","[\"B2B\"]","[{\"name\":\"B2B\",\"logo\":\"https://toscalepublic.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/protocols/b2b.png\"}]","112",[],[],"https://toscalepublic.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/news-feeds/sources/benzinga.png","Benzinga",null,"","[\"Technology\"]","0","EN","9"]