On September 2, 2026, Tencent launched the WorkBuddy platform, designed as an operating system for the era of agents. The platform was launched in March and has undergone more than 50 iterations within six months, currently in its early exploration phase. WorkBuddy offers a three-tier ecosystem of hardware, applications, and developers. Over 100 partners have joined the platform, covering more than 20 fields, some of whom are existing customers from Tencent Cloud. Liu Yi, vice president of Tencent, said that the platform aims to support all tools rather than just a few powerful ones. Although the rules of the ecosystem are still unclear, there are no definite answers regarding revenue sharing and billing models. Due to rapid changes in the AI industry, the platform has opened registration, certification, and publishing without any barriers, with the hope of naturally growing the ecosystem through products and user scale.
Launched on September 2, 2026, in the early exploration stage. More than 100 partners joined as initial members.
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2026-09-02
The WorkBuddy platform was officially launched.
Tencent launched the WorkBuddy platform, aiming to serve as an operating system for the Agent era. It features a three-tier ecosystem of hardware, applications, and developers. More than 100 partners joined as initial members, covering more than 20 fields. Over half a year since its launch in March, more than 50 versions have been updated.
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2026-09-05
Tencent’s internal evaluation of project progress
Liu Yi, vice president of Tencent, stated that the platform aims to support all tools rather than just a single powerful tool. The project is still in the early exploration stage, and specific technical architectures or details about the cooperation ecosystem have not been disclosed.
2026-09-06
外界 analysis of Tencent’s strategic layout
This move is seen as an important strategic decision by Tencent in the AI application sector, aiming to gain a dominant position in the future smart office market. The internal team of Tencent leads this initiative, with the goal of deeply integrating artificial intelligence agents into corporate collaboration scenarios and reengineering workflow efficiency.
The Tencent WorkBuddy Open Platform was launched on September 2, positioned as “an operating system for the Agent era”. It offers a three-tier ecosystem of hardware, applications, and developers. More than 100 partners joined in the initial phase, covering over 20 industries. Since its launch in March, the platform has been updated more than 50 times in half a year. Liu Yi, vice president of Tencent Cloud, said the goal is to “create a platform that can support all tools,” rather than focusing on a single powerful tool.
Regarding ecosystem partners, Xiao Feng, vice president of Weimeng Technology, said WorkBuddy is “a future 2B super entry point.” Shen Tao, vice president of Fanruan, believes the opportunity is 10 times or even 100 times greater than at that time. However, the rules of the ecosystem are still unclear. There are no definite answers regarding revenue sharing and billing models, partly due to rapid changes in the AI industry.
The platform allows open registration, certification, and publication without any barriers. Some of the first 100 partners come from Tencent Cloud’s existing customer base. Lin Zuo Lu said that if the product is good enough and there are enough users, the ecosystem will grow naturally, rather than being planned in advance. She emphasized that whether Agent tasks can be handled well depends on “from basic models to HARNESS, context, tool invocation…”
Tencent launched WorkBuddy with the aim of creating an operating system for the Agent era. This project is led by Tencent’s internal team, aiming to deeply integrate artificial intelligence agents into enterprise collaboration scenarios and reengineer workflow efficiency. Currently, the project is in its early exploration phase, and specific technical architectures or details about the partner ecosystem have not been made public. This move is seen as an important strategic layout by Tencent in the AI application layer, aimed at taking control of the future smart office market.