Tencent’s WorkBuddy leads office AI race

Tencent's WorkBuddy platform reached 20.97 million visits in June, leading China’s desktop AI office agent market, according to Jiemian News. As competition intensifies, Tencent, Alibaba, and ByteDance are consolidating fragmented AI product lines to position desktop tools as primary AI entry points. WorkBuddy maintained a paid user retention rate above 80% in Q1 2026.