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EnglishOn January 27, 2025, the DingTalk Developer Session "AI Powered by Yida" was held at Alibaba's Xixi Campus in Hangzhou. At the event, Zhu Hong (nicknamed Yisu), CTO of DingTalk, announced that AI Yida has officially completed the final piece of DingTalk's AI ecosystem. He emphasized that this is not just about democratizing technological capabilities, but also about decentralizing "creative power"—empowering every user to become a leader in digital innovation.
From Low-Code Platform to Intelligent Applications: The Evolution of Yida
Yida is a low-code application development platform independently developed by Alibaba. It was first launched in March 2019, allowing users to quickly design forms, pages, and workflows by dragging and dropping components, and then publish them with a single click to both desktop and mobile devices. In December 2020, DingTalk officially introduced "DingTalk Yida," deeply integrating this tool into its collaboration ecosystem and significantly lowering the barrier for enterprises to undergo digital transformation.
Embracing AI-Driven New Business Models
Zhu Hong pointed out that as we enter 2026, the fundamental logic of the SaaS industry has undergone a radical shift. In the past, users paid for features; today, they place greater emphasis on outcomes, outputs, and predictable value delivery. This shift marks a leap forward in software business models, and the productivity breakthroughs brought by AI are accelerating this process.
AI Integrated Into the Core Architecture—No Longer an Add-On Feature
In 2025, DingTalk released AI DingTalk versions 1.0 and 1.1. These were not typical feature updates but rather a fundamental restructuring of the entire system. Zhu Hong stated, "We are not treating AI as a plug-in add-on; instead, we are making it a native capability across all our products." DingTalk has also opened up its product architecture, engineering methodologies, and development resources to ecosystem partners, helping developers build custom AI applications at lower costs and higher efficiency.
DingTalk CTO Zhu Hong
Unlocking Everyone's Creative Potential
Zhu Hong further explained that the emergence of AI Yida enables every employee to create dedicated AI tools tailored to their specific business contexts. Upgrading from traditional Yida to AI Yida is not simply adding intelligent modules to an existing system; it is akin to rebuilding the structural framework of a house. In the AI era, everyone can be a developer, and natural language is the most intuitive programming language. Through AI Yida, personnel in different roles can have customized AI assistants.
Supporting Global Deployment While Ensuring Security and Compliance
Currently, AI Yida has the technical foundation to serve international enterprises. For organizations with stringent data security requirements, DingTalk offers private deployment solutions, ensuring that companies' needs in data control, regulatory compliance, and information security are met—especially suitable for highly regulated industries such as finance and healthcare.
Fueling Every Spark of Creativity With AI
"We want to provide a way to realize every idea and use AI to drive true creativity," said Zhu Hong. "No matter how small your concept is, as long as it solves a real-world problem, AI Yida is your leverage. We hope technology is no longer the exclusive domain of experts but becomes a magic pen in everyone's hands. In this age of creators, let us light up every spark of inspiration together with AI."
Technological Upgrades and International Expansion
AI Yida Technical Director Yu Jun
Shanghai Jingzhun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.: Big Impact From a Small Team
Shanghai Jingzhun Pharmaceutical is a high-tech startup with about 50 employees, focusing on research and development of molecular diagnostic technologies. Li Xiang, Manager of the Digital and Bioinformatics Departments, noted that as a company centered on R&D, resources must be concentrated on innovative products, leaving a very limited budget for digitization. Traditional ERP and project management systems are expensive and complex to maintain. The decision to choose "DingTalk + Yida" was driven by its practicality, cost-effectiveness, and high flexibility, enabling rapid responses to business needs.
Li Xiang, Manager of the Digital and Bioinformatics Departments, Shanghai Jingzhun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Quanzhou Jinxian Technology Co., Ltd.: Anticipating the Shift in Software Value
Weng Zihao, General Manager, Quanzhou Jinxian Technology Co., Ltd.
Building an AI Developer Ecosystem Together
Xiong Weiyi, General Manager, DingTalk AI Yida
A New Certification System: Value Defined by Contribution
The Yida developer certification system has been completely revamped. It no longer relies solely on written exams but introduces multiple evaluation metrics, including community engagement points, achievement badges, leaderboard performance, the number of times a template has been forked, and the volume of completed orders. A developer's influence depends on how many people actually use their work—this is the most compelling proof of value.
Developer Success Story: From a Monthly Salary of 2,000 Yuan to a Single Project Worth 500,000 Yuan
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