Spoločnosť Alibaba, which is extremely popular in China and operates, among other things, a well-known online marketplace AliExpress, has such a bloated headquarters. It offers a number of innovative solutions and can accommodate more than 20 employees.
Alibaba headquarters in China
News portal Cnbc.com reached Alibaba's global headquarters in Hangzhou, China. It is a monumental building, but it is not just a company or office. It is about the so-called "incubator" for all technologies, where this technological giant also tests autonomous cars and automated hotels.
The headquarters in Hangzhou is about an hour away by flag from Shanghai. However, it is also important to mention that these are not the only offices of this company. It has several offices in Chinese cities, but also in Silicon Valley, for example.
If we look at the tour of this building given by reporters from Cnbc.com, the building is home to approximately 22 of the company's 000 global employees. Alibaba's corporate offices are located in its headquarters, as well as other popular technology seller brands, such as Tmall, Taobao, as well as Aliexpress, which is very well known in our country.
Alibaba was originally founded 20 years ago as an e-commerce platform. Its founder was the well-known Jack Ma, who only recently resigned from the position of company chairman. Today, the company has more than 30 subsidiary brands or partner companies, which range from fintech platforms such as AliPay, to the film division of Alibaba Pictures.
These are 5 unique technologies at Alibaba headquarters:
The very first technological gadget is facial recognition for safe access of people to the premises. It is enough to pass in front of the scan and then enter the premises. However, Alibaba says this is optional, but Cnbc.com observed a number of employees using this method.
Hassle-free automatic payment for food. This is also part of the staff canteen. Cameras inside the canteen automatically detect the selected meals, and the payment kiosks then allow employees to pay for the meal with their employee card or smartphone.
The company uses autonomous vehicles to deliver food and other products. Already last year, Alibaba announced that it is developing technologies for autonomous driving and will thus join competing solutions from Tencent and Baidu.
Retail sales are an equally important part of the company's technological elements. Thanks to this, customers can scan barcodes in grocery storesnami, to learn more information about the given products, such as nutritional values. They can also try on clothes virtually, by scanning the user's body.
Have you heard about the hotel from the future? A Chinese company called Flyzoo is working on this very concept. It is located near the company's headquarters and is testing delivery to rooms using robots, automatic check-in and check-out of guests, and automatic door locks with facial recognition.
The campus is also home to the Alibaba Museum, which offers a look at the history of the company's growth. There is also a massive wall with drawings of various iconic figures who are changing the world in the field of technology. Among them are the founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, the founders of Google, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire Warren Buffet and the aforementioned founder Jack Ma.
This is what the monumental building looks like in a detailed video:
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