Alibaba Launches Wukong Enterprise AI Agent Platform with Slack and Teams Integration Plans
The Chinese tech giant's new agentic business tool, currently in invitation-only testing, can autonomously handle document editing, meeting transcriptions, and research tasks across a unified interface.
Alibaba on Tuesday unveiled Wukong, a new enterprise artificial intelligence platform that allows companies to coordinate multiple AI agents through a single interface with what the company describes as enterprise-grade security. Named after the Monkey King from the classic Chinese novel "Journey to the West," Wukong is designed to manage agents handling tasks such as document editing, approval workflows, meeting transcriptions, and business research — functions that go beyond the reactive responses of traditional chatbots by allowing AI to take autonomous initiative across company systems.
The platform is currently in an invitation-only testing phase. It can be used as a standalone application or through DingTalk, Alibaba's Slack-like workplace communication platform that serves more than 20 million corporate users.
Alibaba says it also plans to integrate Wukong with external messaging platforms including Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Tencent's WeChat, broadening its reach across enterprise environments that do not rely on the Alibaba ecosystem.
Looking further ahead, Alibaba intends to connect Wukong with its broader suite of e-commerce and consumer services — including Taobao and Alipay — enabling agents to assist with procurement, logistics, and customer interactions across Alibaba's vast commercial infrastructure. Wukong falls under the newly formed Alibaba Token Hub business group, overseen by CEO Eddie Wu, which will also encompass the company's other AI model and assistant initiatives including its flagship Qwen language model.
The announcement comes amid turbulence inside Alibaba's AI operations. Lin Junyang, the principal technical lead for the Qwen model division, resigned in early March — the third senior Qwen departure this year.
Alibaba acknowledged the loss in an internal memo reviewed by CNBC. Despite the leadership disruptions, the company is pressing forward with aggressive AI investment, reorienting large parts of its business around agents and positioning Wukong as its enterprise answer to the growing global market for autonomous business software.
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