Enterprises

• Enterprises are facing a critical risk where "invisible" data—hidden within AI systems, SaaS sprawl, and unstructured formats—becomes a liability because it cannot be monitored. • Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) and privacy operations are shifting from mere "compliance theatre" to essential tools for verifying data ownership and access. • This shift is driven by the need to identify exactly what data is held, who has permission to access it, and how to establish trust in that data.

• Alibaba Cloud introduced a new multimodal agent suite, Tongyi AgentStudio, on May 8, 2026, embedding vision, speech, and document‑processing capabilities into a single enterprise‑oriented platform. • The suite supports up to 128 concurrent tool calls per session and can autonomously manage procurement, HR ticketing, and multi‑cloud cost‑optimization workflows, with early pilots at Chinese banks reporting a 32% reduction in internal‑service turnaround time. • Alibaba says Tongyi AgentStudio is now priced at $1.20 per million input tokens for large‑enterprise contracts, below the rate of comparable Western agents, reinforcing its strategy of undercutting global cloud rivals.