GoKawiilA general view of the Alibaba headquarters is at West Bund in Shanghai, China, on February 28, 2026. (Photo by Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Chinese technology giant Alibaba on Tuesday released a new agentic artificial intelligence tool, Wukong, for enterprise customers, as the company restructures and faces rising competition.
The company told CNBC in a statement that Wukong allows businesses to manage multiple agents through a single interface, while offering "enterprise-grade security infrastructure."
The platform, which is still in its invitation-only testing phase, will be able to manage agents handling tasks such as document editing, approvals, meeting transcription, and research. Unlike chatbots that respond to prompts, AI agents can take proactive actions, often requiring broader access to company data and systems, raising privacy and security concerns.
Named after the Monkey King character from the classic Chinese novel "Journey to the West", Wukong is available as a standalone desktop application or through DingTalk, a cloud-based communications platform similar to Salesforce 's Slack.
Besides DingTalk, which has over 20 million corporate users, Alibaba outlined plans to connect Wukong with other messaging platforms, including Slack, Microsoft Teams and Tencent 's WeChat, expanding access to mobile devices.
Wukong will also be progressively integrated into Alibaba's broader suite of e-commerce platforms such as Taobao and Alipay.