China tech giant Tencent logs 16% jump in annual net profit

Chinese internet giant Tencent on Wednesday reported a 16 percent jump in full-year net profit, with gaming still its main business driver even as the company extends its AI push. The tool, released this month, is a foray into an area some see as the technology's next frontier after chatbots such as ChatGPT. On Wednesday, Tencent said net profit for 2025 came to 224.8 billion yuan ($32.6 billion), beating estimates of 221.9 billion yuan in a Bloomberg survey of economists.