TMTPOST — Ant Group's digital technology division, Ant Digital Technologies, has entered into a strategic AI partnership with casual dining operator Green Tea Group to deploy enterprise artificial intelligence agents across its nationwide restaurant network. Under the agreement, the domestic technology unit will integrate its proprietary enterprise agent platform, Agentar 2.0, across Green Tea Group's footprint of more than 700 direct-operated venues serving over 20 million registered members. The deployment applies multi-modal computer vision and edge computing to automate 24-hour store standard operating procedure compliance, covering kitchen hygiene and safety checks. Additionally, the system centralizes multi-source operational metrics—including financial ledgers, inventory streams, and customer transaction logs—to automate store performance reporting, predictive site selection, and targeted loyalty marketing campaigns. To mitigate rising labor overhead and multi-store management bottlenecks, large-scale food service operators across the Chinese mainland are accelerating the adoption of specialized operational software. Rather than relying on static digital dashboards, chain enterprises are increasingly turning to domain-specific AI agents that combine continuous physical monitoring with real-time financial analytics. Institutional analysts project that automating routine operational oversight will allow high-volume dining brands to maintain standardized service metrics and protect operating margins while scaling store networks nationally.