On April 28, 2026, Alipay officially rolled out its groundbreaking "Alipay AI Payment" service, enabling merchants and individual developers to seamlessly offer commercial services through AI Agents like OpenClaw (nicknamed "Longxia") and facilitating instant payment processing upon service invocation. This launch signifies a pivotal advancement in Alipay's AI-driven payment solutions, building on the success of its previous "AI Pay" initiative. When users request services via AI Agents, the system intelligently generates real-time quotes and processes payments instantly, streamlining the entire transaction flow. Merchants and developers can integrate this service with remarkable ease through a straightforward three-step process:
