India, Sept. 10 -- Starbucks and Alipay Ah Bao launched a new AI-powered service - the "Coffee Alarm Clock" - for Chinese consumers. As Ah Bao, Alipay's super AI agent, continues to expand its ecosystem and services, this partnership highlights the trend of brands, merchants, and developers leveraging AI to deliver smarter, more seamless and innovative consumer services. The new feature is showcased at the 2026 Inclusion. Conference on the Bund.

Launched in June 2026, Ah Bao is a super service AI agent of Alipay. Through a simple voice command such as, "Buy me a Starbucks iced Americano at 10 a.m. every day," the agent can remember the request, initiate the service at the scheduled time, and prompt the user to confirm and complete the p...