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Tencent targets Southeast Asia as launch pad for AI agent WorkBuddy amid tough local market
Iris Deng,Ben Jiang · South China Morning Post
Published 29 Oct 2026, 6:30 pm·1 h ago·1 min read
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Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings is using Southeast Asia as a launch pad to take its “cost-effective” artificial intelligence tools global, fronted by its workplace assistant WorkBuddy, amid cutthroat competition at home. The company was targeting existing regional customers of its cloud computing and big data services, particularly in markets such as Indonesia, according to Dowson Tong, CEO of Tencent’s Cloud and Smart Industries Group. The international push coincided with triple-digit...
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