I remember that Internet companies are relatively profitable, and the first thing I thought of Alibaba . But if ranked by net profit after tax, Alibaba is not the strongest in making money. According to data, Alibaba made a total of 62.2 billion yuan last year, but also a major Internet manufacturer, Tencent 's net profit after tax reached 224.822 billion yuan, and the gap is still quite big.
But what is surprising is that although Alibaba does not earn the most money, among Internet companies, Alibaba 's scientific research investment is firmly ranked first, and even left other peers far behind, with scientific research investment exceeding 57.8 billion yuan. Based on this data, Alibaba has made 62.2 billion yuan a year, with a scientific research investment of 57.8 billion yuan, leaving only a profit margin of 4.4 billion yuan. Not counting other investments, what is Alibaba planning?
answers only have 4 words. Alibaba has "changed". Simply put, Alibaba has achieved its transformation results and is no longer a single e-commerce platform. Through diversified layout and emphasis on R&D, Alibaba has made breakthroughs and leads in the public welfare field, cloud computing field, artificial intelligence and other fields. Not only in the Internet industry, even if you look at the whole country or even the world, Alibaba's scientific research investment is still "outstanding" level, second only to , Huawei in China, which is not easy for an Internet company.
Nowadays, many industry insiders will call Alibaba "technology company". Some netizens do not recognize it, but there is no doubt that Alibaba is a pure technology company. According to the data of the "R&D Personnel Ranking of Globally Famous Technology Companies", the proportion of R&D personnel of Huawei , which is recognized as having a very high technological content, has reached 45%, but it can only rank second. Alibaba successfully reached the top with 51% of R&D personnel. In other words, more than half of Alibaba's employees are scientific researchers, and world-renowned technology companies such as Intel , Google , FaceBook and Amazon are inferior.
Of course, Alibaba's purpose of strengthening technology investment is not just to enhance the strength of China's technology. There is a large part of the reason. Alibaba is to integrate technology into the daily life of the public. Taking the AI technology of DAMO Academy as an example, many people will think of high-end projects such as robots and autonomous driving when talking about AI technology, but ARI DAMO Academy is very concerned about the field of medical AI.
As we all know, routine physical examinations are not sensitive enough to the early diagnosis of certain specific diseases, but the DAMO Academy combines AI technology with ordinary plain-scanning CT to increase the sensitivity of early screening, which is what truly benefits the public.
It is undeniable that a single scientific research investment data cannot be used to measure the capabilities and strength of a company, but this data is still of a certain reference. At least companies with high scientific research investment have advantages in some fields, such as Huawei. Therefore, Alibaba is able to invest in scientific research almost a year because of this courage and deserves the support of the public. What do you think about this? Welcome to comment and leave a message!
