Tencent Releases Q1 Financial Report: Hy3 Preview Tops the Charts, WorkBuddy Leads, Core Businesses Achieve Comprehensive Efficiency Gains
Summary
Tencent released its Q1 results, reporting revenue of RMB196.46 billion (up 9% YoY) and non‑IFRS operating profit of RMB75.63 billion, with free cash flow of RMB56.7 billion. The company said its AI strategy accelerated, rolling out Hy3 preview and scaling WorkBuddy, CodeBuddy, QClaw and other AI agents that drove large token usage and clear efficiency gains in response speed and task completion. Cloud services and advertising revenue both improved as enterprise demand for AI-enabled cloud, model inference, and API usage rose, and Tencent increased R&D and capital investment to build AI infrastructure and model iterations. Tencent positioned Hy3 preview across internal products and external Token Plan offerings, signaling faster product adoption and stronger monetization pathways while core businesses showed broad efficiency improvements.