We recently published a list of Top 8 AI News Updates on Wall Street’s Radar. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) stands against other top AI news updates on Wall Street’s radar.
As xAI’s Grok became the top app on the Google Play Store, its owner, Elon Musk, revealed a major development at his AI startup. The wealthiest person on Earth revealed Friday that xAI had acquired X, formerly Twitter, in an all-stock transaction, valuing his social media platform X at a staggering $33 billion.
“xAI and X’s futures are intertwined. Today, we officially take the step to combine the data, models, compute, distribution and talent,” Musk wrote. “This combination will unlock immense potential by blending xAI’s advanced AI capability and expertise with X’s massive reach…The combined company will deliver smarter, more meaningful experiences to billions of people while staying true to our core mission of seeking truth and advancing knowledge. This will allow us to build a platform that doesn’t just reflect the world but actively accelerates human progress.”
Elsewhere, OpenAI is reportedly in advanced negotiations to close a record funding round of $40 billion. The round, led by SoftBank, would value OpenAI at $300 billion, which is double compared to its valuation in October 2024. SoftBank is expected to invest $7.5 billion initially and $22.5 billion in the latter half of this year.
The AI-based humanoid robot industry also made headlines after Realbotix announced that it will showcase an advanced intelligence robot at the DiscoveryX expo in mid-April. The AI-powered humanoid robot, Aria, will demonstrate the company’s efforts to integrate AI, robotics, and human connection through direct interaction with conference attendees.
“DiscoveryX is a great event to showcase how far we’ve come in developing emotionally intelligent, interactive AI,” said Realbotix CEO Andrew Kiguel. “Aria isn’t just a robot – she’s a glimpse into the future of personalized, human-centric technology.”
According to a Goldman Sachs report led by research analyst Jacqueline Du, the total addressable market for humanoid robots could reach $38 billion by 2035, which is over six times higher than a previous estimate of $6 billion.
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Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 107
Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) is a provider of technology infrastructure, e-commerce platforms, cloud services, and digital media solutions for organizations and consumers globally. In recent years, the company has also made significant investments in AI development.
On March 28th, Mizuho analyst James Lee said the brokerage’s “AI deep dive” on Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) revealed that the company has solid building blocks for AI investments—“scaling models toward AGI, building a platform for model APIs to accelerate application deployment for customers, and ultimately providing end-user solutions directly across industries.” He noted that Mizuho expects Alibaba’s AI investments to bump productivity internally, translating to better product conversions and recommendations.
“Concurrently, we look for businesses ex-TTG to reduce losses (11% of EBITA) and potentially reach break-even in two years; (3) We raise FY26E cloud revenue growth from 13% to 17% YoY due to increased confidence in the product roadmap and improving sentiment around China enterprise IT spending,” the analyst added. The brokerage maintained its “Outperform” rating on the stock and increased its 12-month target price to $170 from $140 per share.
Overall, BABA ranks 1st on our list of top AI news updates on Wall Street’s radar. While we acknowledge the potential of BABA as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than BABA but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
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