Alibaba's 2.4T multimodal flagship, GA August 3. Intelligence 58, Arena text #8. Flat $2/$6 across 1M context. Open weights for the A95B sibling; Max itself is the API SKU.
“Serious multimodal frontier from Alibaba.”
Use if you already run on Alibaba Cloud; otherwise Grok 4.6 is simpler globally.
Training data policy: Unclear — Chinese data laws apply. Self-host open weights when possible.
DPDP Act (India): Data may be processed in China. Self-host in India for DPDP control.
Data residency: China
API available globally