Alibaba Group Holding has significantly expanded the global accessibility of its latest Qwen3 family of artificial intelligence models by launching them across additional developer platforms. Following their initial release by Alibaba’s cloud computing unit in April 2025, the Qwen3 models are now available on large language model (LLM) platforms such as Ollama, LM Studio, SGLang, and vLLM, according to an announcement from the Qwen team. This strategic move underlines Alibaba’s commitment to accelerating the international uptake of its open-source artificial intelligence technology.
The Qwen3 suite comprises eight advanced artificial intelligence models designed for ease of deployment. Developers can choose from multiple formats, including the GPT-generated unified format, activation-aware weight quantisation, and generalised post-training quantisation, allowing for streamlined local implementation. The open-source approach ensures public access to the Qwen3 source code, encouraging third-party modification, scalability, and collaborative innovation. The expanded availability across these key LLM platforms supports Alibaba’s ambition to lead within the global open-source ecosystem at a time when China’s artificial intelligence sector is experiencing rapid innovation and growth.
Qwen3’s growing influence is further validated by its recent performance on independent industry benchmarks. The model recently surpassed DeepSeek’s R1 to become the world’s highest-ranked open-source artificial intelligence model, as assessed by the LiveBench benchmarking platform. LiveBench evaluates LLMs on a range of tasks, including coding, mathematics, data analysis, and language instruction, which underpin leading generative artificial intelligence services like ChatGPT. Earlier in 2025, Qwen models were already noted for powering the world’s top 10 open-source LLMs, according to collaborative machine learning community Hugging Face. Alibaba’s ongoing advances in artificial intelligence model deployment underline its growing stature as a global open-source contributor and innovator.
