Jack Ma increases his holdings in Alibaba, demonstrating strong confidence in the company's AI prospects, purchasing more than HK$600 million worth of Alibaba's Hong Kong-listed shares over consecutive days.

According to a report by the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily, sources revealed that as Alibaba initiated a share placement and financing round, Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, has been increasing his holdings of Alibaba’s Hong Kong-listed shares in recent days, with the total amount exceeding HK$600 million, expressing firm confidence in the company’s AI prospects. Earlier, after Alibaba announced its HK$80 billion new share placement plan, group chairman Joseph Tsai and CEO Wu Yongming increased their holdings of Alibaba stocks totaling about HK$120 million yesterday, casting a vote of confidence in the firm’s AI strategy. Specifically, CEO Wu Yongming bought 350,000 Alibaba Hong Kong-listed shares at an average price of around HK$111.6, spending approximately HK$40 million. The two together added 1.07 million shares, with a total value of about HK$120 million. Today, Joseph Tsai further spent HK$82 million to acquire 720,000 additional shares. All proceeds from Alibaba’s HK$80 billion new share placement will be fully invested in building full-stack AI capabilities and AI infrastructure. The share placement was actively subscribed by long-term investors including global sovereign wealth funds, ultimately achieving an over-subscription rate of nearly 3 times.