Alibaba Launches Wukong: Enterprise AI Agent Platform with Slack and Teams on the Roadmap
Alibaba dropped Wukong on Tuesday — and China’s enterprise AI agent race just got a lot more interesting. Named after the Monkey King from the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, Wukong is Alibaba’s entry into the enterprise AI agent arena. It’s a Qwen-powered platform that lets businesses manage multiple AI agents through a single interface, with what Alibaba calls “enterprise-grade security infrastructure.” And it arrives at a pivotal moment: the company is mid-reorganization, competition from Tencent and Zhipu AI is heating up, and the broader OpenClaw wave is reshaping how China’s tech giants think about autonomous software. ...