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# Alipay

2026-10-03

100 Products That Changed the World · #13: Alipay

On May 26, 2026, Alipay said it had processed 300 million payments made by AI agents, and launched an AI Wallet to keep those agents in check. From the 2003 escrow to that wallet, every major Alipay product answers the same question: how do you get people to let go of their money? Alipay ranks #13 with an overall score of 93.10; durability, at 95, is its highest dimension.

2026-09-10

No. 14 on the greatest product managers list: Jack Ma — how a man who says he can’t write code made the top 15

Alipay launched on 15 October 2003. Its first transaction: Cui Weiping, studying in Japan, sold a used Fuji camera for 750 yuan; Jiao Zhenzhong in Xi’an bought it; it cleared two hours later. That year eBay’s EachNet held 72.4% of China’s C2C market — two years later that exact number belonged to Taobao. Jack Ma ranks 14th at 93.20, with taste at 80, his lowest, 19 points below Zhang Xiaolong at No. 3.