Physical AI infrastructure, tax-advantaged entity formation, and a compliance liaison powered by Qwen — giving Alibaba Cloud a permanent, revenue-generating foothold across the Caribbean and LATAM, starting with Puerto Rico and extending to 650M+ people.
Blok Easy is a Puerto Rican brand for tech, AI, and entrepreneurship events — monthly meetups, hands-on workshops, and founder circles that convene 100+ builders, operators, and policymakers through Luma. AI is our flagship focus and the wedge where Qwen plugs in directly; tech and entrepreneurship are the broader community we've already built.
Consistent turnout of technical founders, operators, policymakers, and students across our tech, AI, and entrepreneurship events.
Hands-on AI workshops, founder roundtables, and tech meetups — from agentic workflows to entrepreneurship panels.
Untapped LATAM market of 650M+ people. First-mover advantage for Qwen as the institutional AI standard.
These are live use cases we've already deployed. With Qwen's capabilities as the engine, we scale each one across the Caribbean and LATAM — making Blok Easy the Qwen showcase for the entire Americas.
Agentic scrapers that navigate, extract, and structure data from any source — auto-adapting to layout changes and anti-bot measures.
Multi-step research agents that synthesize information across sources, produce structured briefings, and maintain citation trails for compliance.
AI-powered support that handles multilingual queries (Spanish/English), resolves tickets autonomously, and escalates only when necessary.
Self-hosted Qwen3.5 agent that drafts regulatory filings, bilingual government correspondence, and monthly compliance reports for Act 60 export-service companies — data never leaves the building.
Full WooCommerce orchestration — inventory management, dynamic pricing, order fulfillment, and Meta Graph API marketing loops.
Self-maintaining WordPress sites — theme generation, content pipelines, and full-stack updates driven by agentic coding loops.
Real-time bilingual (EN↔ES) translation layers built for government meetings, legislative sessions, and cross-border communications.
AI that reads, analyzes, and drafts legislative documents — helping government bodies move faster with data-driven insights.
Blok Easy becomes Qwen's revenue-generating distribution partner — not a token sink. Every workshop attendee enters a structured pipeline from free user to enterprise contract.
Monthly meetups with hands-on Qwen demos. Build brand awareness and community trust.
Token grants for builders to create their first Qwen project. Low friction, high engagement.
Graduated to paid Qwen API usage. Individual developers and small-team prototypes moving from grant tokens to credit cards.
Custom dev, fine-tuning, and consulting for Qwen implementations — paid directly to Blok Easy, driving API usage on top.
Government bodies, PR enterprises, and Act 60 tenants running the Compliance Liaison. Long-term deployments with sticky API consumption.
Data-backed reasons why Qwen is the right model for LATAM and the Caribbean — not OpenAI, not Anthropic, not Google.
| Model | Input/M | Output/M |
|---|---|---|
| Qwen3-Max | $1.20 | $6.00 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | $3.00 | $15.00 |
| Claude Opus 4.7 | $15.00 | $75.00 |
| GPT-5 | $2.50 | $15.00 |
Published API pricing per million tokens, April 2026. Sources: each provider's official pricing page.
For startups and governments scaling AI in LATAM, the difference between $3/M input and $1.20/M is the difference between adoption and abandonment. Qwen3-Max is roughly 2.5x cheaper than Sonnet and 12x cheaper than Opus at the frontier, with Qwen-Plus and Qwen-Flash tiers going substantially lower for high-volume workloads.
Qwen3 supports 100+ languages natively — Spanish, Portuguese, and Chinese out of the box.
Dedicated translation model (qwen-mt-plus) covers 92 languages. Real-time speech translation (qwen3-livetranslate-flash-realtime) handles 18 languages live.
No other AI provider has a dedicated live translation model at this price point.
LATAM governments are actively seeking technology sovereignty. Qwen offers a real alternative to US tech monopolies.
Hybrid architecture: Open-source Qwen3.5 runs locally for sensitive compliance and financial data. Cloud API handles workshops, demos, and public-facing tools. No other frontier model offers both.
Not just a model — a complete infrastructure play. Cloud + Commerce (AliExpress/Alibaba.com) + Payments (Alipay).
Massive model portfolio: text, vision, audio, omni, code, translation, image gen, video gen, TTS, and ASR — all under one roof.
On May 20, 2026, Blok Easy is hosting the "Legislative AI Summit" — an interview and technical demo with Hon. Senator Ada Álvarez Conde, a member of Puerto Rico's Senate AI Commission, at Piloto 151, Santurce. This is how we get the ball rolling — the first meaningful introduction of Qwen to a sitting PR policymaker.
It's one conversation, not a policy announcement. The point is to put Qwen in front of someone in the room when AI policy gets discussed — with a working bilingual demo and honest answers — so the next time a frontier model comes up, Qwen is already on the list. Armando uses Qwen daily for coding, research, and operations; the demo will reflect that, not marketing slides.
Our goal: Give Qwen a seat at the table in Puerto Rico's AI policy conversation by introducing it, in person, to Hon. Senator Ada Álvarez Conde — a member of the Senate AI Commission.
Interview + technical demo with the Senator at Piloto 151
Custom EN↔ES translation tool built for the session — real-time bilingual demo
Qwen working through real policy & education questions live — honest answers, not a reel
Co-branded "Alibaba × Blok Easy" conversation — an opening, not a policy announcement
Goal: Qwen becomes a known name to PR's AI Commission — the door that future conversations walk through
We'd love to connect an Alibaba Cloud representative via video call during the event — giving them direct visibility into the legislative AI conversation and a live audience of policymakers, technologists, and media. Blok Easy handles all logistics and tech setup.
We're offering Alibaba the chance to fully sponsor this event — becoming the official AI partner of Puerto Rico's legislative AI initiative. This includes co-branding across all channels, speaking placement, and permanent association with the island's AI governance framework.
qwen3-livetranslate-flash-realtime model. 18 languages, real-time speech-to-speech. Already proven with Gemini — now porting to Qwen.Translation tool already proven with Gemini — Qwen migration in progress. Ships before the Summit.
Power workshops, fuel developer wallets, demo at the Senate, and give Alibaba a permanent, visible presence in the Caribbean and LATAM. Blok Easy becomes Qwen's revenue-generating distribution partner — not a token sink.
Powers the Blok Easy Lab and our internal dev platform: workshop live demos, member onboarding flows, and the tooling we build to onboard and track every Qwen developer in the community.
Distributed to 100+ workshop participants and Lab walk-ins. Remove API friction, let entrepreneurs build.
Live translation demo, policy AI, and legislative document analysis at the May 20 Summit.
EN↔ES real-time translation and multi-step research agents for government and enterprise.
A permanent AI coworking space and lab at Bohiques, Hato Rey. Walk-in access for builders, free Qwen API tokens, and Act 60 guidance for export service companies. Full details below →
The Legislative AI Summit on May 20 is a fixed date. To make it co-branded with Alibaba, we need decisions in this window:
Choose the level that matches your ambition.
Qwen tokens cost Alibaba near-zero at the margin — the real question is what the allocation buys. Here is the concrete return for a 1.2B-token Gateway partnership, across the first 12 months.
An interview and technical demo with Senator Ada Álvarez Conde, a member of Puerto Rico's Senate AI Commission. The goal: get Qwen on the radar of the island's AI policy conversation — starting with one senator who's in the room when these decisions get made.
By Month 12: 200+ active developers + 10+ Act 60 tenants + enterprise pilots drive ~3B tokens/year of organic paid usage on top of the grant — converting grant spend into recurring revenue.
Puerto Rico is the bilingual, USD-denominated, US-territory beachhead for the full Caribbean and LATAM. One lab, one community, one senator — the template replicates to Santo Domingo, Medellín, Mexico City.
Self-hosted Qwen3.5 compliance agents for Act 60 tenants = local GPU infrastructure sales opportunity for Alibaba Cloud. Public workloads migrate to Alibaba Cloud API. Two revenue streams per seat.
Every workshop, every government demo, every compliance interaction generates bilingual Qwen usage data — feedback Alibaba cannot generate from APAC. Useful for Qwen's next multilingual training cycle.
100+ attendees/month × 12 months + Senate Summit press coverage + Act 60 company footprint = conservative 100K+ Qwen-branded impressions in Year 1 across PR and diaspora media.
The Gateway-tier grant of 1.2B tokens represents roughly $5K–$10K in retail API value (at Qwen-Plus/Max blended output-heavy pricing) but a marginal inference cost near-zero to Alibaba Cloud. Blok Easy is not asking for a customer discount — we're asking for a market-development line item that buys a legislative demo, 200+ developers, and an Americas beachhead at one of the lowest cost-per-outcome ratios on the table.
| Category | Alibaba Investment | Year-1 Return |
|---|---|---|
| Qwen Tokens (1.2B) | ~$0 marginal cost | Government demo + 200+ devs |
| Event Sponsorship (optional) | $3–5K / month | Full co-branding + Senate speaking slot |
| Virtual Appearance at Summit | 1 executive hour | Direct audience: Senator, media, policymakers |
| Lab Operating Support (optional) | $3–5K / month | "Qwen Innovation Lab" naming + Americas HQ |
More than a lab — a permanent AI coworking space where developers, founders, and companies come to build, learn, and grow. Located in the heart of Puerto Rico's business district.
A hacker-vibe coworking space at Bohiques, Hato Rey — steps from Tren Urbano, universities, and the financial district. Open daily with walk-in access for anyone building with AI. Low overhead, high energy, real output.
Developers get free Qwen API access through Tinkering Wallets. Companies get hands-on guidance adopting AI into their workflows. And everyone gets plugged into the fastest-growing AI community in the Caribbean.
The Lab also serves as a launchpad for attracting non-AI sponsors — co-working partners, hardware vendors, and local businesses — creating a self-sustaining ecosystem that extends well beyond Alibaba's initial investment.
Walk in, get a Tinkering Wallet, start building with Qwen immediately. Zero friction.
Desks, WiFi, and community for indie developers, startups, and remote workers building with AI.
Weekly hands-on sessions — agentic workflows, Qwen APIs, prompt engineering, deployment patterns.
Physical address, permits, and Qwen-powered compliance — everything companies need to establish an export entity.
Space for co-working partners, hardware vendors, and local businesses to co-sponsor and brand.
Every company that sets up at the Lab gets a self-hosted Qwen compliance agent running on local GPU infrastructure — handling regulatory document prep, bilingual government correspondence, tax filing automation, and operational compliance monitoring. Because Act 60 compliance involves sensitive financial and tax data, nothing leaves the building. Qwen's open-source models (Qwen3.5 series) make this possible — no other frontier AI provider offers self-hostable models at this capability level.
Clear milestones. Measurable KPIs. No ambiguity.
The smart question isn't "will anything go wrong?" — it's "what are you doing about it before it does?" Here is our working list and how each risk is being addressed.
Prior review flagged "one-person operation" as critical.
Addressed: Two co-owners — Armando (technical & strategic) + Yari (creative, community & experience). Part-time Lab Ambassador hired in Month 1.
Our translation tool was built on Gemini.
Addressed: Qwen port in active development. Ships before May 12 so the Summit demo runs on Qwen, not Gemini. Armando is a daily Qwen power user.
Compliance automation touches regulated workflows.
Addressed: Partnership with licensed PR CPAs & attorneys. Qwen drafts documents only — never gives legal advice. Disclaimers shipped with every output.
Sensitive PR company data can't flow freely cross-border.
Addressed: Sensitive workloads on self-hosted Qwen3.5 on-premise. Cloud API only for non-sensitive / public workloads. No cross-border PII by default.
"100+ monthly attendees" needs proof.
Addressed: Luma event history, photos, and attendee testimonials available on request. Next event is linked live above — audit in real time.
Announcing "official partnership" too early damages both brands.
Addressed: No Alibaba branding, logo use, or "official partner" claims are published without your written approval. We lead with our own brand until mutual trust is earned.
Two complementary founders building the institutional, technical, and cultural bridge that gives Qwen a permanent foothold across the Caribbean and LATAM.
Armando leads technology and strategy at Blok Easy. A serial entrepreneur, he built Puerto Rico's most efficient agricultural supply chain by deploying AI-driven route optimization, inventory forecasting, and automated marketing — proving that AI can transform even the most traditional industries.
That hands-on experience inspired Blok Easy: if AI can revolutionize supply chain logistics, imagine what it can do for every business in the Americas. Armando is a daily Qwen power user for coding, research, and operations, and is the technical lead for the Senator Summit and Compliance Liaison. Direct line: qwen@mando.works.
Yari is co-owner of Punto Pio alongside Armando and the creative force behind Blok Easy's voice, aesthetic, and event experience. Where Armando owns the technical and strategic layer, Yari owns the human one — the art direction, the feel of the room, and the sense of belonging that keeps 100+ builders, founders, and policymakers coming back.
Her focus is making every workshop, summit, and meetup feel like a place you actually want to be — not another corporate AI event. That means deliberate design choices across space, lighting, music, visuals, and hospitality so that every attendee, from a first-time student to a sitting Senator, feels welcomed. For the Legislative AI Summit on May 20, Yari is the one making sure the room, the brand, and the bilingual experience land as powerfully as the technology itself.
Proof beats slides. Our next Blok Easy event is live on Luma — drop in, meet the community, and see how we run a room. If you're at Alibaba and reading this, consider this your standing invite.
Blok Easy is ready. The community is ready. Qwen is the model.
Together, we make Alibaba the AI standard of the Caribbean, Puerto Rico, and all of LATAM.
Built in Puerto Rico with tons of ☕ coffee — and way too many open tabs