Alibaba International Digital Business Group has launched its first enterprise level AI agent, Accio Work, overseas, based on OpenClaw universal capabilities, specifically designed for optimizing e-commerce scenarios. Users only need to input one idea to automatically complete the entire process of market analysis, product selection and design, store decoration, and product release within 30 minutes, achieving a "zero foundation store opening".

On January 12, 2026, Shenzhen-based embodied intelligence company X Square Robot (自变量机器人) announced the completion of a 1 billion yuan (≈$143 million) Series A++ financing round. Led by ByteDance, with participation from HongShan (formerly Sequoia China), Shenzhen Capital Group (DeepTech AI Fund’s first investment), Beijing Information Industry Development Fund, Nanshan Strategic Investment, and others, this marks the only domestic embodied AI firm backed simultaneously by ByteDance, Alibaba, and Meituan. Funds will accelerate WALL-A model iteration, hardware scaling, and real-world deployments in logistics, manufacturing, and elderly care.

Chinese embodied AI startup Dexmal (原力灵机) has secured nearly 10 billion RMB (approx. $1.4 billion USD) across two massive funding rounds led separately by Alibaba Group and NIO Capital. This colossal investment, one of the largest globally in AI for 2025, fuels the company's ambitious mission to develop a "one brain for all" general-purpose cognitive engine for robots and autonomous systems, signaling a fierce new battleground in the global race for advanced embodied intelligence.