Tencent unveiled a full-stack embodied intelligence strategy at WAIC 2026, upgrading AI agent capabilities across foundation models, native agents, and development tools to enable robots to perceive, decide, and act in the physical world.

Apexio and TairosAgent push embodied agents forward by integrating perception, decision, and action components, aiming for continuous perception‑action loops in robotics.

TairosAgent and Apexio were introduced as embodied AI agents that continually perceive, decide, and act, with Tairos platform upgrades designed to lower development barriers and accelerate adoption.

The market reacted positively to the announcements, with shares opening higher and hitting an intraday gain of about 3%, accompanied by notable trading activity.

Executives emphasized shifting AI from simple chatbots to task-based collaboration across personal, workplace, and enterprise contexts, backed by ongoing investments in models, platforms, and cross-industry adoption.

WorkBuddy now supports multimodal interactions and dual execution modes—connected to a computer or cloud—featuring Skills, Experts, automated scheduling, project management, and integration with Tencent Docs and the ima knowledge base.

Huya unveiled a real-time multimodal digital human model (VAM) to enhance live streaming and esports, enabling virtual performers to speak, listen, and react in real time.

Tencent’s Hy3 generation of the Hunyuan large model drove a 68‑fold surge in API calls within a week of launch, signaling strong market demand and rapid ecosystem scale.

Hy3 quickly outsized Hy2 in total call volume after release and led OpenRouter’s global LLM usage leaderboard, underscoring rapid iteration for embodied AI and related apps.

WorkBuddy, Tencent’s standalone AI productivity app, launched across iOS, Android, and HarmonyOS, and has quickly gained traction as a cross-platform personal assistant for individuals and teams.

Tencent Marketing introduced AIGC capabilities through Miaosi and AIM+ to automate large-scale creative work and advertising operations in real time.

AI Navigator+ debuted from Tencent Cloud and the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, offering localized enterprise decision support built on the WorkBuddy platform.