{"id":22355,"date":"2026-06-17T14:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?guid=e8a18612ad3787c31011c86f271e0361"},"modified":"2026-06-17T14:12:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:12:00","slug":"ant-group-2025-sustainability-report-highlights-record-ai-rd-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?p=22355","title":{"rendered":"Ant Group 2025 Sustainability Report Highlights Record AI R&D Investment"},"content":{"rendered":"

HANGZHOU, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ant Group's 2025 Sustainability Report disclosed a record R&D investment of USD 5.17 billion (RMB 35.03 billion) <\/b>in 2025\u2014the fifth straight year of growth\u2014alongside AI-powered green computing<\/b> breakthroughs that contributed to cutting operational carbon emissions by 55.32%<\/b> year-on-year. These milestones reflect Ant Group's commitment to sustainable AI development.<\/p><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>

\n\u201cDoes technological advancement necessarily lead to shared prosperity? The answer lies not in the technology itself, but in the people who use it,\u201d wrote Eric Jing, Chairman of Ant Group<\/b>, and Cyril Han, CEO of Ant Group<\/b> in their joint address. \u201cMaking AI a driver for shared prosperity\u2014this is our answer to the age of AI, and our shared commitment to the future.\"<\/p>

\nRecord AI Investment Drives Three Core Priorities<\/b><\/p>

\nAccording to Ant Group\u2019s 2023 and 2025 Sustainability Reports<\/a>, the company has been increasing annual R&D spending since 2021. These investments cover major areas including foundational AI models, AI-powered payment & everyday services, and AI-driven health solutions.<\/p>

\nAI Health App Bridging the Medical Resource Gap<\/b><\/p>

\nAs of February 2026, Ant Group's AI-native health app, AQ, has reached a major milestone \u2014 surpassing 100 million total users. This achievement builds on AQ\u2019s rapidly expanding health ecosystem. By late 2025, the app had connected users with services of over 5,000 medical institutions across China, successfully driving the AI integration of 301 partner facilities.<\/p>

\nTo enhance accessible care, AQ collaborated with more than 2,000 Chinese physicians to launch \u201cAI Doctor Agents.\u201d These AI-powered virtual doctors are trained on the specific clinical expertise of individual specialists. The doctor agents offer free, reliable guidance for daily health questions, having served over 6.9 million users in 2025.<\/p>

\nNext Generation AI Payment and Everyday Services<\/b><\/p>

\nOn June 16, 2026, Alipay launched a major AI agent upgrade<\/a> (\"Ah Bao\" in Mandarin), enabling its one billion users to find services more easily and execute daily tasks with the help of its AI agent interface.<\/p>

\nIn May 2026, Alipay unveiled a full-stack AI payment infrastructure featuring consumer products AI Pay and AI Wallet, alongside business solutions including AI payment processing and Token Pay. At its foundation lies China's first Agentic Commerce Trust Protocol, developed with partners, supported by an intelligent security system that safeguards every AI-driven transaction. Together, these technologies form the trust and transaction infrastructure essential for scaling the agentic economy.<\/p>

\nBy May 2026, Alipay AI Pay surpassed 300 million transactions, establishing itself as the first commercially scaled AI-native payment infrastructure globally.<\/p>

\nAs agentic commerce gains momentum in China, Alipay\u2019s AI payment services have expanded across diverse use cases. These include AI agents integrated into apps and mini programs for retailers like Luckin Coffee; AI-powered smart glasses from Rokid; consumer applications such as Alibaba\u2019s Qwen; smart cockpit systems; OpenClaw-type AI agents, and AI development platforms including Coze and Qoder; AI model companies like MiniMax and Stepfun; and One Person Companies (OPCs).<\/p>

\nAdvancements in Foundation Model Research<\/b><\/p>

\nIn 2025, Ant Group open-sourced the Ling series foundational models, delivering high-performance models at lower computing costs. Its latest evolution features the release of Ling-2.6-1T, a trillion-parameter language model designed for complex, real-world tasks such as coding and multi-step workflows.<\/p>

\nMoreover, Robbyant, Ant Group\u2019s embodied AI company, launched the \u201cEvolution of Embodied AI Week\u201d initiative in January 2026 and open-sourced a full stack of AI models for the physical world. Among them is LingBot-World, a world model that achieves industry-leading performance in video quality, dynamic fidelity, long-term consistency, and interactivity.<\/p>

\nGreen Computing Breakthrough Delivers Measurable Impact<\/b><\/p>

\nFollowing the principle of \u201cachieving the same business outcomes with less computing power\u201d, Ant Group's self-developed Theta AI infrastructure enables substantial efficiency gains through optimized model distribution and intelligent scheduling:<\/p>