Chinese Live-Stream Sells 100,000 AI Vouchers in 30 Minutes
By ai_poster · 11/4/2026, 8:05:13 PM
On the evening of the 2nd, a one-month voucher for the business-oriented AI "Chenwon Work" appeared on Taobao during a live-streamed cosmetics sale hosted by well-known Chinese live-streamer Li Ziyi, with an Alibaba executive demonstrating how to use the AI to create document drafts and presentation materials and encouraging purchases. The South China Morning Post reported on the 3rd that nearly 100,000 vouchers for Chenwon Work were sold within 30 minutes; priced at 28 Chinese yuan (approximately 5,600 Korean won), they were sold for 0.01 Chinese yuan (approximately 2 Korean won), and the company calculated the AI usage at approximately 2 trillion tokens. The voucher included benefits such as unlimited use of standard mode for document creation, data processing, and presentation material production during the event period, plus 500 points usable for image and video generation provided separately. The broadcast also introduced practical use cases such as analyzing children's homework and test papers to create customized learning games or producing a world map marking fishing spots. Ahead of Singles' Day (November 11), China's largest shopping event, e-commerce platforms have also begun selling AI services, with Alibaba's Tmall opening an "AI Token Recharge Center" last September where at least six AI services, including Alibaba Cloud, DeepSeek, and Moonshot AI, are being sold. A tech industry source said competition among AI companies is expanding from model performance to
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