Ant Group creates new Alipay business affiliate to push ‘agentic commerce’
The restructuring comes four days after Ant adopted Alibaba’s QwenWork as its AI workplace platform for all employees.
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Ant Group CEO says agentic commerce has reached its ‘ChatGPT moment’
Han said this could change the starting point of commerce from standardized products and fixed app pages to user intent.
Alipay launches agent prize to unlock AI’s ‘eight hours beyond work’
AI agents could make services that once relied on scarce experts or were too costly to deliver at scale available to a much wider population.
Ant-backed Robbyant eyes $222 million funding to build robotic ‘brains’
Robbyant has positioned itself as an intelligence-layer provider, following a “build the brain, not the body” strategy.
Ant Digital eyes pre-IPO round as Ant accelerates tech spin-offs
The company originated from Ant’s blockchain laboratory and has since expanded into three core business areas: AI services, blockchain services and cloud services.
Ant Group takes 28% stake in Boohee as AI health race heats up
The investment marks a broader expansion of Ant’s healthcare strategy — moving beyond access to medical services and into everyday health management.
Robbyant boosts robot vision with new spatial perception models
Robots have long struggled with visual perception in challenging environments involving transparent glass, reflective surfaces, small objects and complex lighting conditions.
Ant Group adds Xpeng’s He Xiaopeng to board in governance overhaul
The appointment of He is particularly notable given his long-standing ties to Alibaba.
Alipay launches AI-first app redesign with new assistant ‘Ah Bao’
Instead of searching for services manually, users can ask the assistant to perform tasks or surface the relevant service directly.
Ant Group upgrades skin-check AI with optional doctor review
The company said the system is the first in China to deploy a structured “AI answer plus doctor verification” collaboration model in a consumer-facing application.