China’s online and mobile payment platform Alipay has launched a new AI payment processing product aimed at enabling businesses in mainland China, including small firms and one-person companies, to accept payments from autonomous AI agents.
In a release on Tuesday, Alipay said the product reflects a growing trend in which AI agents perform tasks on behalf of users, such as booking travel, comparing prices, allocating computing resources, and purchasing digital services. The new product allows businesses to receive payments when such agents complete transactions.
According to Alipay, businesses can onboard their services without building complex payment or settlement systems. Once integrated, services can be accessed and purchased by AI agents, allowing businesses to receive payments each time their offerings are used.
An early adopter of the system is Bocha, which provides web search capabilities for AI applications, including DeepSeek. Bocha has incorporated the payment tool to offer its services on a pay-per-use basis. The company reports handling more than 30 million API calls daily and has deployed a paid search function on AI agents such as Alipay Tbox and Hermes Agent.
The new product builds on the earlier release of Alipay AI Pay, a consumer-facing tool introduced in 2025 that enables transactions via voice commands through AI agents. The service surpassed 100 million users in February 2026 and processed over 120 million transactions during one week that month.
As AI-driven commerce develops, Alipay AI Pay has been integrated into various use cases, including retail applications such as Luckin Coffee, smart devices like those produced by Rokid, and AI platforms such as Qwen, alongside other autonomous agent systems.