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Alibaba reshuffles AI leadership, elevates Tongyi Lab and appoints Li Feifei as Alibaba Cloud CTO.

What happened

Alibaba Cloud hired Li Feifei as Chief Technology Officer on Apr 8th '26.

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Alibaba reshuffles AI leadership, elevates Tongyi Lab and appoints Li Feifei as Alibaba Cloud CTO. Published: April 8, 2026 Want to read in a language you're more familiar with? Alibaba elevates Tongyi Lab and appoints Li Feifei as Alibaba Cloud CTO in a major AI-focused restructuring. Alibaba Group has announced a major organizational overhaul, highlighting its deepening focus on AI and cloud infrastructure, according to an internal memo. The company will upgrade its Tongyi Lab into a full business unit, led by Zhou Jingren. The move signals Alibaba's intention to accelerate the commercialization and scaling of its large model and AI capabilities. Meanwhile, Li Feifei has been appointed Chief Technology Officer of Alibaba Cloud, where she will oversee cloud technologies and AI infrastructure development. Wu Zeming will shift focus to his role as Group CTO, leading the development of Alibaba's core technology platforms and AI inference systems. In addition, Lei Yanqun has been named CEO of Taobao Flash Sale, taking over the role as part of the broader restructuring. Alibaba also announced the formation of a Group Technology Committee, chaired by CEO Wu Yongming. The committee includes Zhou Jingren, Wu Zeming, and Li Feifei. Within the committee, Zhou will serve as Chief AI Architect, Li will lead cloud and AI infrastructure initiatives, and Wu Zeming will act as the...

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Event
Executive hire

What this signalsA new leader often reviews the tools the team uses.

Person
Li FeifeiChief Technology Officer
Takes effect
Apr 8, 2026

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  • Li FeifeiChief Technology Officer · Named in the story

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Category
Hires

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  • research and development

Job title tags

  • general technology
  • engineering

Extraction

Confidence
51%
Detected
Apr 8, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
hires

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