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Tencent Quietly Open-Sourced "WorkBuddy": Your New AI-Powered Workplace Productivity Assistant
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Fusion42 · 17 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
Tencent open-sourced Octop, a self-hosted AI assistant platform with multi-agent and automation capabilities, effectively an open-source, developer-focused counterpart to its user-friendly WorkBuddy AI productivity assistant.
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You now have a choice between user-friendly AI assistants and powerful open-source AI frameworks from Tencent. If your product depends on AI workplace tools, exploring Octop now could give you customisation and control that WorkBuddy cannot offer.
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