Alibaba’s Qwen chief resigns and its AI work is consolidated

Lin Junyang, head of Alibaba’s Qwen model division, resigned in early March 2026, shortly after the release of Qwen3.5. On 17 March Alibaba formed a new AI unit, Alibaba Token Hub, placing Qwen and related work under chief executive Eddie Wu.

Why it mattered The reshuffle put Alibaba’s AI work under central leadership after the departure of the executive most identified with its open-weight Qwen strategy.