Tencent said during an earnings call that it has deployed AI internally but is "prepared for breakout growth in consumer AI interactions" with products such as Yuanbao and WeChat.
Revenue from search in Weixin, the name of WeChat for China-based users, more than doubled year-on-year in the December quarter, Tencent said.
The Shenzhen-headquartered firm's AI push is emblematic of the current state of competition among China's tech giants, which has been spurred on by startup DeepSeek and its highly efficient artificial intelligence model that was released earlier this year.
AI updates have been released thick and fast from companies including Alibaba and Baidu.