{"rewrite":{"id":"r_61c576e73629890a4a89c60f","clusterId":"c_28ebca671bcc301800321f71","slug":"alibaba-plans-revenue-sharing-for-big-users-of-qwen3-8-max","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Alibaba Plans Revenue Sharing for Big Users of Qwen3.8-Max","summary":"Alibaba will make Qwen3.8-Max an open model with open weights, but plans to require major commercial users to share revenue, according to sources. The move follows Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 license, which mandates commercial contracts for businesses with annual sales over $20 million. Alibaba's revenue sharing rate is undecided.","whyItMatters":"Alibaba is adopting a revenue-sharing model for an open-weight AI, following Moonshot AI's precedent, which could reshape how open-source AI is commercialized.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eAlibaba\u0026#39;s Qwen3.8-Max will be released as an open model, but the company plans to charge major commercial users a share of their revenue, sources told Reuters. The arrangement mirrors the license Moonshot AI uses for its Kimi K3 model, which requires businesses offering the model as a service and earning over $20 million annually to sign a commercial contract.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoonshot AI may seek up to 30% revenue sharing under the Kimi K3 License, though details are unclear. Alibaba has not decided its own rate. The company previously released Qwen3.5 and Qwen3.6 as open models, while Qwen3.7 was closed. Qwen3.8-Max, with 2.4 trillion parameters, is set to be open again.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Alibaba plans to require revenue sharing from major commercial users of its open-weight Qwen3.8-Max, following Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 license model. Rate undecided.","twitterPost":"Alibaba to charge big users of Qwen3.8-Max via revenue sharing, per Reuters. Follows Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 license. Rate TBD.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Alibaba plans to make Qwen3.8-Max an open model but require revenue sharing from major commercial users, following Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 license. The rate is undecided.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GIGAZINE\",\"url\":\"https://gigazine.net/news/20260812-alibaba-charge-qwen/\",\"title\":\"Alibaba to Require Revenue Sharing from Major Commercial Users of AI Model 'Qwen3.8-Max'\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4772,"outputTokens":547,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1786499870,"createdAt":"2026-08-12T01:51:07.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-12T01:51:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-12T01:51:07.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_28ebca671bcc301800321f71","canonicalTitle":"AIモデル「Qwen3.8-Max」の大口商用ユーザーにアリババが収益の一部共有を義務づけへ","representativeArticleId":"a_7f2cd90f8a3e6bb5a54e8596","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":1,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Qwen3.8-Max\"],\"studios\":[\"Alibaba\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-11T23:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-11T23:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-12T01:51:45.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"GIGAZINE","url":"https://gigazine.net/news/20260812-alibaba-charge-qwen/","title":"AIモデル「Qwen3.8-Max」の大口商用ユーザーにアリババが収益の一部共有を義務づけへ"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Qwen3.8-Max"],"studios":["Alibaba"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}