Alibaba's AI-Chat Chief Replaced After Debate About Focus

MT Newswires Live06-11 17:01

Alibaba (BABA) has replaced the head of its AI-chat app, dubbed Dingtalk, in a leadership change after insider debate regarding the productivity platform's role in the broader AI strategy of the e-commerce colossus, reported Bloomberg on Thursday.

Chen Hang, Dingtalk CEO and co-creator, left his position and will be replaced by technologist Chen Yusen, according to people familiar with the matter.

Alibaba staffers were informed of the decision in a company memo. Alibaba shares closed down 4.7% in Hong Kong on Thursday.

Dingtalk, known as Dingding in Chinese, is part of Alibaba's bid to exploit AI, in the post-ChatGPT era.

The Slack-style work app offered a menu of AI features under the departed Chen, though the push has been criticized as unfocused by some in Alibaba.

Chen had led Alibaba's incubation of Dingtalk in 2014. Chen later left Alibaba, only to rejoin the company last year to reform the app for the AI era.

Alibaba representatives did not respond for comment.

Disclaimer: Investing carries risk. This is not financial advice. The above content should not be regarded as an offer, recommendation, or solicitation on acquiring or disposing of any financial products, any associated discussions, comments, or posts by author or other users should not be considered as such either. It is solely for general information purpose only, which does not consider your own investment objectives, financial situations or needs. TTM assumes no responsibility or warranty for the accuracy and completeness of the information, investors should do their own research and may seek professional advice before investing.

Comments

We need your insight to fill this gap

Leave a comment

{"i18n":{"language":"en_US"},"isChannel":false,"data":{"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2642400171?lang=en_US&edition=fundamental","thumbnail":"","is_english":true,"pubTime":"2026-06-11 17:01","share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","id":"2642400171","market":"us","top_or_hot":-1,"title":"Alibaba's AI-Chat Chief Replaced After Debate About Focus","media":"MT Newswires Live","content":"<html><body><p> Alibaba (BABA) has replaced the head of its AI-chat app, dubbed Dingtalk, in a leadership change after insider debate regarding the productivity platform's role in the broader AI strategy of the e-commerce colossus, reported Bloomberg on Thursday.</p><p>Chen Hang, Dingtalk CEO and co-creator, left his position and will be replaced by technologist Chen Yusen, according to people familiar with the matter.</p><p>Alibaba staffers were informed of the decision in a company memo. Alibaba shares closed down 4.7% in Hong Kong on Thursday.</p><p>Dingtalk, known as Dingding in Chinese, is part of Alibaba's bid to exploit AI, in the post-ChatGPT era.</p><p>The Slack-style work app offered a menu of AI features under the departed Chen, though the push has been criticized as unfocused by some in Alibaba.</p><p>Chen had led Alibaba's incubation of Dingtalk in 2014. Chen later left Alibaba, only to rejoin the company last year to reform the app for the AI era.</p><p>Alibaba representatives did not respond for comment.</p></body></html>","source":"mtnewswires_news","html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Alibaba's AI-Chat Chief Replaced After Debate About Focus</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nAlibaba's AI-Chat Chief Replaced After Debate About Focus\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n<a class=\"head\" href=\"https://laohu8.com/wemedia/1092851196\">\n\n\n<div class=\"h-thumb\" style=\"background-image:url(https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/3002d84abbd5ace3c99397c7f95b8d4e);background-size:cover;\"></div>\n\n<div class=\"h-content\">\n<p class=\"h-name\">MT Newswires Live </p>\n<p class=\"h-time\">2026-06-11 17:01</p>\n</div>\n\n</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<html><body><p> Alibaba (BABA) has replaced the head of its AI-chat app, dubbed Dingtalk, in a leadership change after insider debate regarding the productivity platform's role in the broader AI strategy of the e-commerce colossus, reported Bloomberg on Thursday.</p><p>Chen Hang, Dingtalk CEO and co-creator, left his position and will be replaced by technologist Chen Yusen, according to people familiar with the matter.</p><p>Alibaba staffers were informed of the decision in a company memo. Alibaba shares closed down 4.7% in Hong Kong on Thursday.</p><p>Dingtalk, known as Dingding in Chinese, is part of Alibaba's bid to exploit AI, in the post-ChatGPT era.</p><p>The Slack-style work app offered a menu of AI features under the departed Chen, though the push has been criticized as unfocused by some in Alibaba.</p><p>Chen had led Alibaba's incubation of Dingtalk in 2014. Chen later left Alibaba, only to rejoin the company last year to reform the app for the AI era.</p><p>Alibaba representatives did not respond for comment.</p></body></html>\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","isBrief":false,"type":0,"news_type":1,"symbol":"09988","symbol_name":"阿里巴巴-W","start_time":0,"source_url":"https://www.mtnewswires.com/","article_id":"2642400171","we_media_id":"1092851196","thumbnails":[],"rights":null,"url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2642400171","pubTimestamp":1781168475,"columns":[],"sourceInfo":{"source_id":"mtnewswires_news","name":"MT Newswires"},"weMediaInfo":{"media_name":"MT Newswires Live","introduction":"The most recognized names in North America, Europe and Asia rely on MT Newswires to power their applications. Better news, better service, better price.","home_visible":1,"id":"1092851196","head_image":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/3002d84abbd5ace3c99397c7f95b8d4e"},"summary":"Alibaba  has replaced the head of its AI-chat app, dubbed Dingtalk, in a leadership change after insider debate regarding the productivity platform's role in the broader AI strategy of the e-commerce colossus, reported Bloomberg on Thursday.Chen Hang, Dingtalk CEO and co-creator, left his position and will be replaced by technologist Chen Yusen, according to people familiar with the matter.Alibaba staffers were informed of the decision in a company memo. Alibaba shares closed down 4.7% in Hong Kong on Thursday.Dingtalk, known as Dingding in Chinese, is part of Alibaba's bid to exploit AI, in the post-ChatGPT era.The Slack-style work app offered a menu of AI features under the departed Chen, though the push has been criticized as unfocused by some in Alibaba.Chen had led Alibaba's incubation of Dingtalk in 2014. Chen later left Alibaba, only to rejoin the company last year to reform the app for the AI era.Alibaba representatives did not respond for comment.","collect":0,"end_time":0,"defaultTopTitle":"","property":[],"viewcount":null,"language":"en","relate_stocks":{"09988":"阿里巴巴-W","LU0821914370.USD":"贝莱德亚洲成长领袖A2","LU1242518857.USD":"FULLERTON LUX FUNDS - ASIA ABSOLUTE ALPHA \"I\" (USD) ACC","BK4579":"人工智能","BK4614":"Manus概念股","LU0651947912.USD":"BGF EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY INCOME \"A5G\" (USD) INC","BK4122":"互联网与直销零售","LU0328353924.USD":"UBS (LUX) EQUITY SICAV - GLOBAL EMERGING MARKETS OPPORTUNITY (USD) \"P\" (USD) ACC","BK4581":"高盛持仓","BK4543":"AI","KBAB":"2倍做多BABA ETF-KraneShares","BK4531":"中概回港概念","LU0949170772.SGD":"Blackrock Global Equity Income A6 SGD-H","BK4534":"瑞士信贷持仓","LU1003077747.HKD":"BGF GLOBAL EQUITY INCOME \"A6\" (HKDHDG) INC","IE00BF5LJ272.USD":"Legg Mason Martin Currie - Global Emerging Markets A Acc USD","LU0880133367.SGD":"UBS (LUX) EQUITY FUND CHINA OPPORTUNITY USD \"P\" (SGD) ACC","LU0553294199.USD":"BGF GLOBAL EQUITY INCOME \"A5G\" (USD) INC","BK4533":"AQR资本管理(全球第二大对冲基金)","LU0918141887.USD":"安联亚洲实际收益股票基金","LU0738911758.USD":"Blackrock Global Equity Income A6 USD","LU0348814723.USD":"ALLIANZ TOTAL RETURN ASIAN EQUITY \"A\" (USD) INC  NC","BK4535":"淡马锡持仓","BK4538":"云计算","LU0251143458.SGD":"Fidelity Emerging Markets A-SGD","LU1046421795.USD":"富达环球科技A-ACC","BK4548":"巴美列捷福持仓","LU0310800965.SGD":"FTIF - Templeton Global Balanced A Acc SGD","BABO":"BABA期权收益策略ETF-YieldMax","LU1242518931.SGD":"Fullerton Lux Funds - Asia Absolute Alpha A Acc SGD","LU0651946864.USD":"贝莱德新兴市场股票收益A2","LU1880383366.USD":"东方汇理中国股票基金 A2 (C)","BK4554":"元宇宙及AR概念","LU1051768304.USD":"贝莱德新兴市场股票收益A6","BABU":"Direxion Daily BABA Bull 2X ETF","LU0979878070.USD":"FULLERTON LUX FUNDS - ASIA ABSOLUTE ALPHA \"A\" (USD) ACC","LU1008478684.HKD":"UBS (LUX) EQUITY FUND -  CHINA OPPORTUNITY \"P\" (HKD) ACC","BABW":"Roundhill BABA WeeklyPay ETF","BABX":"2倍做多BABA ETF-GraniteShares","BK4585":"ETF&股票定投概念","LU1515016050.SGD":"Blackrock Emerging Markets Equity Income A6 SGD-H","LU0456842615.SGD":"JPMorgan Funds - Emerging Markets Equity A (acc) SGD","LU0661504455.SGD":"Blackrock Global Equity Income A5 SGD-H","BK4587":"ChatGPT概念","BK4558":"双十一","LU1048596156.SGD":"Blackrock Asian Growth Leaders A2 SGD-H","LU0545039389.USD":"BGF GLOBAL EQUITY INCOME \"A2\" ACC","LU1267930227.SGD":"TEMPLETON GLOBAL BALANCED \"AS\" (SGD) ACC A","LU1046422090.SGD":"Fidelity Pacific A-SGD","LU1152091168.USD":"UBS (LUX) EQUITY FUND - CHINA OPPORTUNITY (USD) \"PM\" INC","BK4588":"碎股","LU0128525689.USD":"TEMPLETON GLOBAL BALANCED \"A\"(USD) ACC","BK4565":"NFT概念","LU0501845795.SGD":"瑞银大中华区股票基金P Acc SGD","LU0067412154.USD":"UBS (LUX) EQUITY FUND -  CHINA OPPORTUNITY \"P\" (USD) ACC","LU0052756011.USD":"TEMPLETON GLOBAL BALANCED \"A\" (USD) INC","BBYY":"GraniteShares YieldBOOST BABA ETF","LU1823568750.SGD":"Fidelity Global Technology A-ACC SGD","LU1688375341.USD":"贝莱德中国灵活股票基金","LU2148611432.USD":"AZ ALLOCATION BALANCED BRAVE \"AAZ\" (USDHDG) ACC","LU0797268264.HKD":"ALLIANZ TOTAL RETURN ASIAN EQUITY \"AT\" (HKD) ACC","BK4503":"景林资产持仓","BK4502":"阿里概念","BABA":"阿里巴巴","IE00B0JY6N72.USD":"PINEBRIDGE GLOBAL EMERGING MARKETS FOCUS EQUITY \"A\" (USD) ACC","LU1235294995.USD":"FIDELITY GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY \"A\" (USDHDG) ACC","BK4505":"高瓴资本持仓","LU1769817096.USD":"UBS (LUX) EQUITY SICAV - GLOBAL EMERG MARKETS OPPO \"P\" (USD) INC","IE00BFMHRM44.USD":"NEUBERGER BERMAN GLOBAL EQUITY MEGATRENDS \"A\" (USD) ACC","BK4504":"桥水持仓","LU0348816934.USD":"ALLIANZ TOTAL RETURN ASIAN EQUITY \"AT\" (USD)","LU1282648689.USD":"ALLIANZ TOTAL RETURN ASIAN EQUITY \"AMG\" (USD) INC","LU1769817179.HKD":"UBS (LUX) EQUITY SICAV - GLOBAL EMERG MARKETS OPPO \"P\" (HKD) INC","LU0047713382.USD":"BGF EMERGING MARKETS \"A2\" ACC","BK4607":"DeepSeek概念股","LU1051769294.HKD":"BGF EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY INCOME \"A6\"(HKDHDG) INC","LU2226246903.HKD":"ALLIANZ TOTAL RETURN ASIAN EQUITY \"AT4\" (HKD) ACC","LU1152091754.HKD":"UBS (LUX) EQUITY FUND - CHINA OPPORTUNITY (USD) \"PM\" (HKD) INC","BK4524":"宅经济概念","BK4220":"综合零售","LU1048588211.SGD":"Blackrock Asian Dragon A2 SGD-H","BK4527":"明星科技股","LU0072462343.USD":"贝莱德亚洲巨龙基金","LU0072913022.USD":"UBS (LUX) EQUITY FUND -  GREATER CHINA \"P\" (USD) ACC","BK4526":"热门中概股","LU1105468828.SGD":"Allianz Total Return Asian Equity AM DIS H2-SGD","BK4575":"芯片概念","LU0918141705.HKD":"ALLIANZ TOTAL RETURN ASIAN EQUITY \"AM\" (HKD) INC","LU0106959298.USD":"UBS (LUX) EQUITY FUND - EMERGING MARKETS SUSTAINABLE LEADERS (USD) \"P\" (USD) ACC"},"translate_title":"阿里巴巴-SW人工智能聊天主管在焦点辩论后被替换","themeId":"f6f7c9f6a0174df79daf9f1dfd21f836","isJumpTheme":false,"ttsUrl":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/11dbbe16b07bc72b98d543faf451eaac","symbols_score_info":{"BABX":0.6,"ALBmain":0.84,"09988":1.96,"KBAB":0.6,"BABO":0.6,"BBYY":0.6,"BABU":0.6,"BABW":0.6,"BABA":1.96},"content_text":"Alibaba (BABA) has replaced the head of its AI-chat app, dubbed Dingtalk, in a leadership change after insider debate regarding the productivity platform's role in the broader AI strategy of the e-commerce colossus, reported Bloomberg on Thursday.Chen Hang, Dingtalk CEO and co-creator, left his position and will be replaced by technologist Chen Yusen, according to people familiar with the matter.Alibaba staffers were informed of the decision in a company memo. Alibaba shares closed down 4.7% in Hong Kong on Thursday.Dingtalk, known as Dingding in Chinese, is part of Alibaba's bid to exploit AI, in the post-ChatGPT era.The Slack-style work app offered a menu of AI features under the departed Chen, though the push has been criticized as unfocused by some in Alibaba.Chen had led Alibaba's incubation of Dingtalk in 2014. Chen later left Alibaba, only to rejoin the company last year to reform the app for the AI era.Alibaba representatives did not respond for comment.","kind":"highlight","is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":false,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"0","news_tag":"executive","news_rank":0,"isVideo":false,"video":null,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":0,"need_auth":false,"need_login_tip":false,"code":"91000000","status":"200"},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"tenantId":"TBGLOBAL","deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.43.1","shortVersion":"4.43.1","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/2642400171","isCrawlerRequest":true}