Ant Group recently held a shareholder meeting where a profit distribution plan was reviewed and approved. While prioritizing development and ensuring robust operational and financial conditions, the company will distribute dividends to all shareholders. Employees holding equity incentive instruments will also receive corresponding economic benefits from the distribution.
The year 2025 is seen as a pivotal period for Ant Group's comprehensive push towards "AI-ization." The company's strategy is becoming more focused, with increased determination to invest in core areas. Anchored by its strategic direction, Ant is steadfastly investing in payments, artificial intelligence, and globalization, accelerating the implementation of innovative services such as AI-powered payments and AI health.
Currently, several of Ant's AI applications have achieved significant scale: its AI health assistant, "Ant Afu," has surpassed 100 million users, while Alipay's "AI Pay" has become the world's first AI-native payment product to exceed 100 million users in both user count and transaction volume.
At the foundational technology level, Ant continues to advance exploration in Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), having released and open-sourced multiple flagship large language models and embodied foundation models.
It is reported that Ant Group has maintained high levels of research and development investment over the past several years. In 2025, the company's R&D expenditure reached 28.98 billion yuan, accounting for over 15% of its revenue. Both the absolute amount invested and the proportion of revenue represented record highs. This also marks the fourth consecutive year that Ant's R&D investment has exceeded 10% of its revenue.
Furthermore, Ant continues to deepen its expertise in areas such as databases, blockchain, and confidential computing. Concurrently, its subsidiaries, including Ant International, Ant Digital Technologies, and OceanBase, are accelerating their overseas expansion efforts.
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