Breaking Terminal Barriers! Alipay AI Open Platform Launches, Abao Connects Smartphones to Car Infotainment Systems with One Click

Alipay today officially announced the launch of its AI open platform, inviting enterprise developers and third-party service providers to participate in a trial run. The launch of this platform marks that merchants and institutions can now more easily access Alipay's AI assistant, Abao, enabling intelligent upgrades to their services.

Through this platform, merchants can not only list their services on Alipay but also connect across platforms to distribute them to mobile phones, in-car systems, AI glasses, and various IoT smart terminals. This new model of "one-time access, multi-terminal distribution, and unified management" greatly simplifies the process for merchants deploying across multiple terminals.

Comprehensive AI Empowerment for Merchants

In terms of core capabilities, the platform allows merchants to directly upgrade their existing mini programs and APIs into AI-callable components or intelligent entities, without the need for complex research and development from scratch. After accessing the platform, merchants' AI services can not only reach Alipay's 1 billion users but also be authorized for intelligent recommendations on various external smart terminals.

To ensure business value, the platform provides comprehensive support for managing, distributing, transacting, and settling AI-based services, enabling every call to generate actual revenue. Additionally, as an intermediary layer, the open platform uniformly handles protocol conversions, eliminating the need for merchants to individually adapt to different terminals and significantly reducing R&D costs.

Safe and Seamless Upgrade Experience

Addressing merchants' concerns, Alipay emphasized that upgrading through the AI open platform will not affect their existing mini program services on the Alipay app. The two systems will run in parallel, ensuring stability of existing operations and a smooth transition.

As it enters the AI era, Alipay will continue to leverage its traditional strengths in identity verification, payment security, transaction evidence, and risk control. These mature technological foundations will serve as secure and trustworthy service infrastructure, continuously protecting both merchants and users.