Alibaba’s Accio Agent redefines global trade, surpasses 2 million users in record time

Alibaba International announced a major milestone for its B2B search engine Accio. It has surpassed two million users within just nine months of launch. Building on this momentum, the company has unveiled the next stage of Accio’s evolution: Accio Agent, the world’s first AI Agent for global trade.

This upgrade marks Accio’s transformation from an AI-powered sourcing tool into a fully agentic AI platform. It is designed to help entrepreneurs and small businesses compress traditionally time-consuming global trade workflows into streamlined, automated cycles.

Redefining global trade workflow

According to Alibaba International’s latest survey of product-focused entrepreneurs, 40% of SMEs globally are now run by solo entrepreneurs. They face acute time and resource constraints. Accio Agent directly addresses this challenge by automating 70% of manual trade workflows. It replaces fragmented, cross-team coordination with AI-powered efficiency.

Here’s how it works: users input a product concept, and Accio Agent instantly generates a tailored development plan. This plan is complete with market insights, regulatory guidelines, and design specifications. With a single approval, the system vets suppliers in real time, conducts bulk RFQs and comparative analyses, and produces a finalized production-ready roadmap. One final click sends inquiries directly to pre-vetted global sellers on Alibaba.com. This gives buyers access to sourcing decisions that would normally take weeks of research and negotiation.

Accio Agent turns complex, multi-stage processes into a unified sprint from concept to global supply chain. This enables SMEs and solo entrepreneurs to compete with the speed and precision once reserved for large, resource-heavy teams.

When AI meets industry depth

What sets Accio Agent apart is its combination of advanced AI and deep industry training. Trained on 1 billion product listings and 50 million supplier profiles, the system merges domain-specific knowledge with strategic reasoning.

Unlike general-purpose AI agents, Accio Agent emulates procurement logic. It...