Ant Group

2025.09.19

10:39

Alipay's two operating entities have completed the name change

On September 19, the Shanghai branch of the People's Bank of China disclosed administrative licensing decision information, approving the name change of Alipay (China) Network Technology Co., Ltd. to Alipay Payment Technology Co., Ltd. Reporters also learned that Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd., the operating entity of the Alipay App, has also been renamed Alipay (Hangzhou) Digital Service Technology Co., Ltd. Alipay stated that this change is part of Ant Group's corporate governance upgrade based on its "Alipay Dual Flywheel" strategy. As the sole operating entity of Ant Group's payment business, Alipay Payment Technology Co., Ltd. will continue to provide payment services centered around payment technology innovations such as "touch and go" and "AI payment." As the operating entity of the Alipay App, Alipay (Hangzhou) Digital Service Information Technology Co., Ltd. will be committed to increasing product and technology research and development and openness in the AI era, contributing to the digital and intelligent upgrade of China's service industry.

2025.09.18

09:46

Ant Group's Ling-flash-2 model launched on Silicon Mobility

The Silicon Liquidity Large Model Service Platform has launched the latest open-source Ling-flash-2 from Ant Group's Bailing team. Ling-flash-2, available on the Silicon Liquidity Platform, supports a maximum context length of 128KB and is priced at 1 RMB per M tokens for input and 4 RMB per M tokens for output.

2025.09.15

16:57

Ant Group showcases secure and trusted AI technology during the 2025 National Cybersecurity Awareness Week

At the 2025 National Cybersecurity Awareness Week held in Kunming, Yunnan, Ant Group showcased its innovative achievements in AI security, data protection, cybersecurity, and intelligent risk control. Of particular note is gPass, the world's first trusted connection technology framework for smart glasses. It addresses challenges faced by the AI glasses industry, such as ecological fragmentation and limited application scenarios. Through its three core capabilities of security, interaction, and connectivity, it builds a trusted information bridge between AI glasses and intelligent entities. In addition, Ant Group showcased a number of other cutting-edge security technologies, including ASL for intelligent entity security, AntSky's large-scale model security solution, and the confidential trusted data space for data and privacy security. Ant Group emphasized that security technology is the foundation of its existence and is committed to providing a safe and reliable technological foundation for digital transformation.

2025.09.12

19:08

Ant Group and China Zheshang Bank signed a strategic cooperation agreement

On September 12, Ant Group and China Zheshang Bank signed a strategic cooperation agreement. Under the agreement, the two parties will actively promote cooperation in financial technologies such as AI agent construction and application, large-scale model defense, distributed microservice systems, and databases, as well as in wealth management, small and micro loans, and supply chain finance, aiming to jointly build a digital financial ecosystem.

13:27

Ant Fortune launches "three professional AI assistants" and plans to gradually expand to 50 billion PV and trillion-level GMV next year

On September 12th, at the 2025 Bund Summit Wealth Forum, Ant Group announced the upgrade of Ant Wealth Open Platform 3. First Reporters learned from the scene that the upgraded Ant Wealth Open Platform will offer "three professional AI assistants" to partners such as financial institutions and content creators: an AI investment research assistant, an AI operations assistant, and an AI content creation assistant. Wang Jun, President of Ant Group's Wealth Business Group, mentioned that the platform will open up its full-scenario net traffic to institutions, gradually opening up to an expected 50 billion page views and over one trillion yuan in GMV by 2026.

11:14

Ant Group releases gPass, a technology framework for AI glasses

At the 2025 Inclusion Bund Conference, Ant Group launched gPass, the world's first trusted connectivity technology framework for smart glasses. This technology, with its three core capabilities of "security, interaction, and connectivity," is dedicated to enabling secure, trusted, and instant information exchange between AI glasses and intelligent entities, creating a seamless user experience while also building a secure AI digital service ecosystem for eyewear manufacturers and developers.

10:56

Ant CEO Han Xinyi: Within five years, everyone will have a trustworthy AI health manager

Ant Group CEO Han Xinyi stated at the 2025 Inclusion Conference on the Bund that its AI health application, AQ, is a key initiative in Ant's efforts to promote inclusive healthcare innovation. "We aspire to ensure that within five years, everyone has a trustworthy AI health manager and every doctor has a dedicated AI assistant," Han said. Ant Healthcare will reportedly launch the AQ intelligent open platform at the conference and establish a healthcare laboratory to conduct cutting-edge research, including AI-enabled multidisciplinary consultations with MDTs.

10:51

Ant Group and Renmin University of China jointly released the first native MoE diffusion language model

On September 11th, at the 2025 Bund Conference, Ant Group and Renmin University of China jointly released "LLaDA-MoE," the industry's first natively MoE-based diffuse language model (dLLM). Experimental data showed that the LLaDA-MoE model outperformed diffuse language models such as LLaDA1.0/1.5 and Dream-7B in coding, mathematics, and agent tasks, approaching or surpassing the autoregressive model Qwen2.5-3B-Instruct. It achieved the performance equivalent to a 3B dense model with only 1.4B parameters activated.

2025.09.11

15:52

Ant Group CEO Han Xinyi: Professional AI in the medical and health field will be even stronger if it reaches its peak

On September 11th, at the opening ceremony of the 2025 Inclusion Bund Conference, Ant Group CEO Han Xinyi stated that while medical care is a low-frequency activity, health management is a high-frequency need. The combination of the two can provide a fertile ground for deep AI services. When asked, "Which is more suitable for the healthcare sector, general-purpose AI or specialized AI?" Han Xinyi clarified that the unique nature of healthcare dictates the irreplaceable nature of specialized AI. "If AI healthcare is perfected, users will stay; they will find solutions here."

14:37

Ant Group CEO Han Xinyi: The consensus in the token economy industry is forming, and we need to shift from virtual to solving real problems.

During the 2025 Inclusion Beach Conference, Ant Group CEO Han Xinyi stated when discussing the token economy, "Industry consensus on the token economy is emerging. Only when tokens move from being a single object of value restructuring, investment, and trading in the virtual world to becoming a tool for addressing trust, efficiency, and cost issues in the real economy, can we truly form a sustainable, deep, and broad ecosystem and unleash its true value."

2025.09.03

22:08

Ant is accelerating its chip layout and recently invested in companies such as Xinyuan Semiconductor.

A reporter discovered through the Tianyancha app that Ant Group subsidiaries have recently invested in several chip-related companies. On August 26, Shanghai Yunya Enterprise Management Consulting Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Ant Group, acquired a 1.87% stake in Xinyuan Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Public information shows that Xinyuan's business covers AI storage and computing IP and large-model acceleration solutions, high-performance/high-reliability system-level memory chips, and advanced process embedded storage. The company has achieved commercial shipments and deliveries in memory chips, storage and computing IP, and high-performance MCUs. On August 29, Shanghai Yunya Enterprise Management Consulting Co., Ltd. invested in Shanghai Yezhixin Technology Co., Ltd., holding a 14.29% stake. Public information shows that the company is committed to the research and development of edge AI chips. With its completely independently developed, high-efficiency NPU at its core, it provides AI chips and software and hardware collaborative solutions for smart glasses, mobile phones, robots, and other applications.

2025.08.29

15:17

Zhejiang Province has launched the construction of a national AI medical base, with Ant Group participating in the core project "Anzhener".

Recently, Zhejiang Province officially launched the construction of the National Artificial Intelligence Application Pilot Base (direction of intelligent specialist doctors in the medical field), intending to provide basic support and pilot verification services for the research and development of applied medical artificial intelligence technologies and products by medical institutions, scientific research institutions, industry enterprises, etc. across the country. Among them, Ant Group participated in the creation of the core project "Anzhener".

2025.08.22

17:40

Ant Group and Peking University Third Hospital jointly established the "AI Medical Joint Laboratory" to promote the implementation of AI medical applications

Ant Group and Peking University Third Hospital (PKU3H) have reached a strategic partnership to jointly establish the "AI Healthcare Joint Innovation Laboratory." The two parties will conduct R&D and applied research across multiple departments, focusing on major disease areas such as colorectal cancer, endocrinology, and assisted reproduction, to promote the development of AI-assisted diagnosis and treatment decision-making and patient service systems. Simultaneously, the PKU3H Intelligent Body Project will be launched to provide patients with a full-process AI-powered medical companion service, optimizing the medical experience and efficiency. Ant Group CEO Han Xinyi stated that the company will collaborate with leading hospitals and research institutions to promote the professionalization, personalization, and automation of AI healthcare services.

2025.08.07

18:11

Ant Financial: Expanding computing power and financial asset RWA

On August 7th, reporters learned from the "Anchoring the Web3.0 Future Summit" held in Hong Kong that Ant Digit is expanding its computing power and financial asset RWA business. Previously, Ant Digit's RWA business focused on new energy assets. Bian Zhuoqun, Vice President of Ant Group and President of Ant Digit's Blockchain Business, stated at the conference, "Our RWA technology platform, business model, and ecosystem have matured through practical experience in the new energy sector. Based on this foundation, we are steadily exploring new opportunities in computing power and a broader range of financial assets."

14:35

Lingxin Qiaoshou completes hundreds of millions of yuan in angel round financing, led by Ant Group

On August 7, Lingxin Qiaoshou announced that it had officially completed an angel round of financing worth hundreds of millions of yuan. This round of financing was led by Ant Group, followed by CICC Capital, Capital Capital, Shanghai Semiconductor Equipment Fund, Chengkai Fund, Detong Capital, and Coco Capital. Old shareholder Sequoia China Seed Fund continued to increase its investment. This round of financing will be used to enhance the company's technology reserves and build embodied intelligent data collection fields, accelerating the actual application process of dexterous hands.

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