Summary
At WAIC 2026 in Shanghai on July 18, 2026, Alibaba Cloud introduced Agent Native Cloud, a cloud architecture built for running enterprise AI agents that includes AgentTeams for orchestrating specialized agents, an Agentic Computer for secure sandboxed execution, and infrastructure with native isolation, elastic scaling, and enterprise identity.
What changed
Alibaba Cloud announced Agent Native Cloud, comprising AgentTeams (multi-agent orchestration), Agentic Computer (sandboxed cloud execution), and a redesigned stack with native sandboxes, workload isolation, elastic scaling, and enterprise identity integration. Alibaba cited internal results where 15 coordinated agents handle 85% of developer support requests and cut support time by 90%.
Why it matters
A major hyperscaler rebuilding its cloud primitives around agents, making isolation, identity, and orchestration first-class, signals that agent-native infrastructure is becoming a competitive axis among cloud providers, and it gives enterprises in Alibaba's regions a managed alternative to assembling agent runtimes themselves.
Evidence excerpt
Agent Native Cloud includes AgentTeams for orchestrating multiple specialized agents, Agentic Computer for secure cloud-based execution, and a redesigned infrastructure featuring native sandbox environments, strong workload isolation, elastic scaling, and enterprise identity integration.