diff --git a/crates/ty_python_semantic/resources/mdtest/assignment/annotations.md b/crates/ty_python_semantic/resources/mdtest/assignment/annotations.md
index 3d5e75ab99..adf0de358d 100644
--- a/crates/ty_python_semantic/resources/mdtest/assignment/annotations.md
+++ b/crates/ty_python_semantic/resources/mdtest/assignment/annotations.md
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ h: list[list[int]] = [[], [42]]
 reveal_type(h)  # revealed: list[list[int]]
 
 i: list[typing.Any] = [1, 2, "3", ([4],)]
-reveal_type(i)  # revealed: list[Any | int | str | tuple[list[Unknown | int]]]
+reveal_type(i)  # revealed: list[Any]
 
 j: list[tuple[str | int, ...]] = [(1, 2), ("foo", "bar"), ()]
 reveal_type(j)  # revealed: list[tuple[str | int, ...]]
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ k: list[tuple[list[int], ...]] = [([],), ([1, 2], [3, 4]), ([5], [6], [7])]
 reveal_type(k)  # revealed: list[tuple[list[int], ...]]
 
 l: tuple[list[int], *tuple[list[typing.Any], ...], list[str]] = ([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9], ["10", "11", "12"])
-reveal_type(l)  # revealed: tuple[list[int], list[Any | int], list[Any | int], list[str]]
+reveal_type(l)  # revealed: tuple[list[int], list[Any], list[Any], list[str]]
 
 type IntList = list[int]
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ h: list[list[int]] | None = [[], [42]]
 reveal_type(h)  # revealed: list[list[int]]
 
 i: list[typing.Any] | None = [1, 2, "3", ([4],)]
-reveal_type(i)  # revealed: list[Any | int | str | tuple[list[Unknown | int]]]
+reveal_type(i)  # revealed: list[Any]
 
 j: list[tuple[str | int, ...]] | None = [(1, 2), ("foo", "bar"), ()]
 reveal_type(j)  # revealed: list[tuple[str | int, ...]]
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ k: list[tuple[list[int], ...]] | None = [([],), ([1, 2], [3, 4]), ([5], [6], [7]
 reveal_type(k)  # revealed: list[tuple[list[int], ...]]
 
 l: tuple[list[int], *tuple[list[typing.Any], ...], list[str]] | None = ([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9], ["10", "11", "12"])
-reveal_type(l)  # revealed: tuple[list[int], list[Any | int], list[Any | int], list[str]]
+reveal_type(l)  # revealed: tuple[list[int], list[Any], list[Any], list[str]]
 
 type IntList = list[int]
 
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ reveal_type(k)  # revealed: list[Literal[1, 2, 3]]
 type Y[T] = list[T]
 
 l: Y[Y[Literal[1]]] = [[1]]
-reveal_type(l)  # revealed: list[list[Literal[1]]]
+reveal_type(l)  # revealed: list[Y[Literal[1]]]
 
 m: list[tuple[Literal[1], Literal[2], Literal[3]]] = [(1, 2, 3)]
 reveal_type(m)  # revealed: list[tuple[Literal[1], Literal[2], Literal[3]]]
diff --git a/crates/ty_python_semantic/src/types/display.rs b/crates/ty_python_semantic/src/types/display.rs
index ed19a16358..73957453c9 100644
--- a/crates/ty_python_semantic/src/types/display.rs
+++ b/crates/ty_python_semantic/src/types/display.rs
@@ -591,7 +591,15 @@ impl Display for DisplayRepresentation<'_> {
                 .0
                 .display_with(self.db, self.settings.clone())
                 .fmt(f),
-            Type::TypeAlias(alias) => f.write_str(alias.name(self.db)),
+            Type::TypeAlias(alias) => {
+                f.write_str(alias.name(self.db))?;
+                match alias.specialization(self.db) {
+                    None => Ok(()),
+                    Some(specialization) => specialization
+                        .display_short(self.db, TupleSpecialization::No, self.settings.clone())
+                        .fmt(f),
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/ty_python_semantic/src/types/infer/builder.rs b/crates/ty_python_semantic/src/types/infer/builder.rs
index 34e2e89f71..5ebcfcda15 100644
--- a/crates/ty_python_semantic/src/types/infer/builder.rs
+++ b/crates/ty_python_semantic/src/types/infer/builder.rs
@@ -6179,6 +6179,13 @@ impl<'db, 'ast> TypeInferenceBuilder<'db, 'ast> {
 
                 let inferred_elt_ty = self.get_or_infer_expression(elt, elt_tcx);
 
+                // Simplify the inference based on the declared type of the element.
+                if let Some(elt_tcx) = elt_tcx.annotation {
+                    if inferred_elt_ty.is_assignable_to(self.db(), elt_tcx) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                }
+
                 // Convert any element literals to their promoted type form to avoid excessively large
                 // unions for large nested list literals, which the constraint solver struggles with.
                 let inferred_elt_ty = inferred_elt_ty.promote_literals(self.db(), elt_tcx);