taobao-c4801a89·1 events·first seen Aliases: Taobao
Researchers from Taobao introduce ShopX, a foundation model that integrates intent understanding, execution planning, and item-space operations (retrieval, ranking, bundling) into a single LLM using semantic IDs (SIDs) rather than wrapping an LLM around existing search pipelines. The system is deployed in agentic shopping workflows via a model-native action protocol with catalog grounding and state management. Evaluated on single- and multi-turn fulfillment tasks derived from Taobao production logs, ShopX outperforms tool-mediated agentic systems, particularly on complex or ambiguous requests. The work is notable as a production-scale deployment case of LLM-native agentic retrieval in e-commerce.