Alibaba (BABA) Reaches for the "Next Big Thing": A Strategic Move in the Battle for the Digital Gateway!

Alibaba aims not only for a hardware product with the Quark AI glasses but also for establishing the wearable as the next central "traffic gateway" for its entire e-commerce and payment ecosystem!
Leonid Kulikov
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L. Kulikov
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I see Alibaba's market entry with the Quark AI glasses as a highly strategic and necessary step to secure the next digital gateway. The e-commerce giant has recognized that the dominance of smartphones as the central "traffic gateway" is waning and the battle for the new interface – the wearable – has begun. The devices, especially the S1 headset, are not just a hardware test run but a profound ecosystem expansion. The integration of the in-house Qwen AI model and the direct linkage to core services like Alipay and Taobao aim to seamlessly bind...

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