In the summer of 2026, China’s internet giants escalated their battle over desktop office AI agents from organizational restructuring to residential elevator advertising, as the industry views this as the critical fight for AI to move "from conversation to action." Within just two weeks, Tencent, ByteDance, and Alibaba completed product and organizational integrations, pushing AI office tools into "automation." However, 88% of enterprises have piloted AI agents but only 24% have achieved return on investment, making the race an expensive proposition requiring time to validate. In a Beijing residential elevator, ByteDance’s TRAE Work advertisement offered new users 4,500 points, while Tencent’s WorkBuddy ad had recently played on another screen. Alibaba launched "QwenWork," Tencent pushed WorkBuddy, Baidu rolled out "DuMate," and ByteDance bet on Doubao Office and TRAE Work. The race split into "ecosystem integration" and "model capability-driven" camps. Tencent’s WorkBuddy, originating from CodeBuddy, became China’s largest office agent application by user scale, ranking first in June 2026 with 20.97 million visits, exceeding second-place TRAE IDE (12.79 million) and third-place QoderWork (7.88 million), per Analysys. WorkBuddy is compatible with the OpenClaw skill system, embeds over 20 skill packs and the M