Black Lake CEO says Chinese factories are moving straight to AI agents
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Black Lake CEO Zhou Yuxiang says many Chinese factories are skipping full traditional digitalisation and moving directly to AI agents, comparing the shift to China's leapfrogging of credit cards for mobile payments.
He told the South China Morning Post that manufacturers use AI tools from design to production to compete on agility and meet small-batch, customised demand.
Zhou says the shift aligns with Beijing's "AI plus" initiative, which targets AI integration across 90 per cent of China's economy by 2030. The report presents these as Zhou's claims; it does not include independent data on how many factories have adopted the approach.
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AIBlack Lake CEO Zhou Yuxiang says many Chinese factories are skipping full traditional digitalisation and moving directly to AI agents, in the same way China skipped credit cards for mobile payments. He says manufacturers are using AI tools from design to production to compete on agility and meet small-batch, customised demand. Zhou told the South China Morning Post that the shift aligns with Beijing's "AI plus" initiative, which targets AI integration across 90 per cent of China's economy by 2030.
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