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title: "Youku: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: ", doing business as Youku, is subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming television service and former video sharing website based in Beijing, China. It operates as a subsidiary of Alibaba Group Holding Limited."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-youku
type: Organization
wikidata: Q151135
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youku
website: https://www.youku.tv/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Youku

> , doing business as Youku, is subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming television service and former video sharing website based in Beijing, China. It operates as a subsidiary of Alibaba Group Holding Limited.

Read on the web: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-youku

## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: People's Republic of China
- Founded: 2006-12-21
- Headquarters: Beijing
- Status: subsidiary
- Website: https://www.youku.tv/
- Also known as: Youku Inc., Youku.com
- Industries: Internet industry

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/YoukuOfficial
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYQPTeY3HOk0BprrGuCWCaA
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YOUKU
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youkuofficial

## Key people

- Victor Koo, founder (businessperson)

## Ownership

Parent: [Alibaba Group](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-alibaba-group.md)

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Youku, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-youku#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q151135, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youku

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