E-commerce and cloud computing giant, Alibaba Group Holding, is giving developer access on DingTalk to six Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-ups including Minimax, Moonshot AI, Orionstar, Baichuan, Zhipu AI and 01.AI., reports the South China Morning Post. The start-ups have been given access to expand generative AI features on the workplace messaging platform in Alibaba’s latest bid to gain an edge in the increasingly competitive market.
The move comes as Alibaba, owner of the South China Morning Post, puts AI at the core of its business strategy and promotes DingTalk to more enterprise clients. DingTalk’s rivals, including Tencent Holdings’ WeCom and ByteDance’s Feishu, are also rushing to incorporate AI models into their products.
For the six start-ups collaborating with Alibaba, the tie-up is expected to help introduce their AI products to more users faster via China’s biggest workplace communication tool by user numbers.