24 June 2025 - Worldwide Olympic Partner Alibaba has celebrated this year’s Olympic Day with a series of activities at its offices around the world, encouraging employees to get active and connect with the Olympic values.

Events to mark the occasion included a mini marathon at the company’s Hangzhou headquarters, online fitness challenges and AI-powered engagement initiatives.

Running with robots in Hangzhou

At Alibaba’s headquarters in Hangzhou, more than 2,000 employees, family members and guests took part in a 3.5-kilometre run on a newly inaugurated Olympic-themed sports field. The event also featured 15 AI-powered robots, developed using Alibaba’s cloud technologies, which ran alongside participants to demonstrate new applications of AI in sport.