Signify Taps Alibaba’s AI to Power Smart Street Lighting

Signify has partnered with Alibaba — China's e-commerce and cloud computing giant — to integrate a generative AI agent into its Interact City Flex connected lighting system, marking a notable advance in its smart city infrastructure. Powered by Alibaba’s Qwen model, the GenAI agent allows cities to control streetlights using natural language, optimize energy use, and identify maintenance issues autonomously.

The collaboration simplifies operations through conversational commands while enabling proactive energy savings. “By making use of Alibaba's Qwen model in our GenAI Agent, we're empowering cities to proactively reduce energy consumption and lower operational costs,” said Hans Nikol, Head of Open Innovation at Signify.