On July 17, at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) 2026, Ant Group unveiled its three-tier AI strategic framework tailored for the age of agent-driven commerce. This framework encompasses the AI application layer, the agent-driven commerce ecosystem layer, and the technological foundation layer. Within the application layer, the health AI tool "Afu" has already amassed over 100 million users, handling more than 10 million health consultations on a daily basis. Meanwhile, the AI-enhanced version of Alipay, known as "Abao," has initiated its public testing phase. Moving on to the agent-driven commerce ecosystem, AI-powered payments have successfully facilitated 300 million transactions, seamlessly integrating with 95% of prevalent agent frameworks. Lastly, at the technological foundation level, Ant Group showcased the cutting-edge progress in the Bailing Large Model, Lingbo Technology's embodied AI products, the OceanBase AI database, and secure and reliable technologies.
