18 August 2026

Alipay launches infrastructure for AI agents to handle shopping

• Alipay, China's dominant mobile payments platform, released tools letting merchants set up their services so AI agents can access them.
• The AHA protocol suite allows multiple AI agents to work together across different devices and companies to complete transactions.
• Merchants can now convert their existing services into capabilities that AI agents can discover and use automatically.

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TLDR AITLDR editorial team

Alipay introduced a full-stack agentic commerce foundation and AHA multi-agent protocol suite enabling merchants to convert services into agent-accessible capabilities and allowing agents across devices and vendors to coordinate authorization, fulfillment, and settlement.