BEIJING, March 11 (Reuters) - Chinese artificial

intelligence start-up Manus AI announced on Tuesday a strategic

partnership with the team behind Alibaba's ( BABA ) Qwen AI models.

The two sides will collaborate based on Qwen's open-source

AI models and aim to implement all of Manus' functionalities on

China's domestic models and computing platforms, Manus

co-founder Zhang Tao said on the Jike social media platform.

Alibaba ( BABA ) did not immediately respond to a request for

comment.