We’re grateful to have received messages from multiple exchanges and partners 🙏
Starting tomorrow, our team will respond one by one 💬
We’re aiming for a global audience 🌍
Thank you for your continued support! 🔥
We heard back from our Alibaba contact… and it turns out the correct number is 1 billion downloads!
They’ll be posting about it from their official account tomorrow 😃
(The overseas account is busy with the Olympics lol)
@AlibabaCloud_jp@alibaba_cloud
It's really something when a truly huge company (Alibaba-class) actually shows up in these kinds of posts.
And they still have another company's announcement pending 👀
#manganow#AlibabaCloud@manganow_ai
🚨 Breaking News 🚨
【MangaNow x Alibaba Cloud — Partnership Announced】
MangaNow, a Japan-born AI manga creation platform, has officially started a partnership with Alibaba Cloud.
To celebrate, starting Feb 6, we’ll offer the latest video & image generation AI on a limited-time “unlimited use” basis.
What this partnership brings
1) World-class AI technology
Our foundation model Qwen has surpassed 700 million downloads and is widely adopted as a global open-source AI.
2) Massive infrastructure at scale
Alibaba Cloud holds a top-tier share in the Asia-Pacific IaaS market.(Source: Gartner)
3) Long-term investment in cloud & AI
Alibaba Group plans to invest 380 billion RMB (approx. ¥8 trillion) into cloud/AI infrastructure over the next three years, accelerating continuous innovation.
With this partnership, we’re bringing a world-level creative environment to creators in Japan—and beyond.
We’re also preparing a contest to help creators share their work with the world.
Next update: we’ll reveal the partnership details, what’s included in “unlimited use,” and contest news. Stay tuned.