NetEase Zhiqi launches CodeWave SDD, an AI delivery team of agents covering the full workflow

On October 26, 2026, NetEase Zhiqi launched CodeWave SDD, a new-generation AI Coding product aimed at enterprises, which it describes as an AI software delivery team. NetEase positioned CodeWave SDD as the next product form in AI Coding: a shift from people using tools to agents calling tools to carry out software development. At its core, the product relies on fully autonomous agent-based development, which NetEase claims raises overall enterprise productivity by 3 to 5 times.

Under NetEase's internal AI Landing Maturity Standard, CodeWave SDD falls into level L4 autonomous driving: AI completes tasks end to end, while humans mainly handle requirements clarification and delivery acceptance. To support this, NetEase built an enterprise-grade Harness engineering environment covering the entire software development process, allowing multiple agents with different roles to work in coordination. According to NetEase, CodeWave SDD has already undergone practical validation by more than 100 enterprises. Wang Tong, deputy general manager of NetEase Zhiqi and head of the CodeWave business, summed up the shift as moving from people using AI coding tools to agents using AI coding tools. In his view, coding tools such as Claude Code are essentially copilots that assist human work. The available reports cover only this launch, with no further developments documented so far.