Alibaba Group (HKG:9988) has begun offering a low-cost artificial intelligence coding tool that offers users access to several of China's top models, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.

According to the report, users can subscribe to the lite version of the tool for 7.90 yuan for the first month, rising to 40 yuan per month afterwards.

The tool reportedly lets users switch between Alibab's own Qwen 3.5, and models offered by local startups Zhipu AI, Moonshot AI and MiniMax (HKG:0100).

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