Jack Ma pushes AI drive in rare speech since Ant crackdown


The co-founder of Ant and affiliate Alibaba Group Holding Ltd showed up on Dec 8 to talk about the next 20 years of the fintech company and the opportunities brought on by artificial intelligence. — Reuters

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma rallied his troops during a speech at Ant Group Co’s 20th anniversary, making a rare appearance after a government crackdown forced the fintech giant to scrap what would have been the world’s largest initial public offering four years ago.

The co-founder of Ant and affiliate Alibaba Group Holding Ltd showed up on Dec 8 to talk about the next 20 years of the fintech company and the opportunities brought on by artificial intelligence, according to a speech transcript seen by Bloomberg. Ant didn’t respond to an emailed request for comment.

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