With the integration of multiple endpoints and the synergy between software and hardware, Lenovo breaks through at the edge to bridge the "last mile" of AI.

Recently, the AI Ecosystem Industry Co - creation Salon titled "Breaking Through at the Edge, Accelerating Intelligent Applications" hosted by Lenovo was successfully held in Pudong New Area, Shanghai. Entrepreneurs and developers in the AI field joined hands with Lenovo to jointly analyze the changes in terminal computing requirements brought about by the development of large AI models and discuss how to bridge the "last mile" from AI innovation to product implementation.

Hardware - Software Collaboration, Making AI an Inclusive Force

Wu Jun, the deputy director of the Publicity Department of the Pudong New Area District Committee and the deputy director of the District Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, said in the welcome speech that Pudong is one of the earliest leading regions in China to layout the artificial intelligence industry. We welcome more cultural and creative enterprises in the field of artificial intelligence to start businesses and develop in Pudong, and accelerate the expansion of new scenarios, new applications, new games, and new models of artificial intelligence.

The gaming industry is at the forefront of AI technology applications. Huang Yi, the vice - president and the secretary of the board of directors of Century Huatong, looked forward to the vast prospects of AI in his speech. In his view, AI has become a core engine for the gaming industry. Whether it is art, NPC interaction, or content generation, AI is reshaping the way games are made and experienced. AI is not an option but an inevitability.

Huang Yi said that in recent years, Century Huatong has comprehensively laid out in three directions: AI games, AI computing power infrastructure, and AI investment. The company has shifted its investment focus to AI - related tracks, covering multiple fields such as AI applications, AI energy, and AI hardware, and continuously exploring potential growth points in the future AI ecosystem.

Zhou Baoxuan, the director of market promotion and customer management for small and medium - sized enterprises in Lenovo Group's China region, emphasized Lenovo's key innovations for enterprises and individuals in the AI era, and how to achieve symbiotic and win - win results with small and medium - sized enterprises on this basis, so that AI can benefit every enterprise and every individual.

Zhou Baoxuan emphasized that in the AI era, Lenovo is well - prepared. In terms of AI terminals, Lenovo's strategy is "one body with multiple terminals". The "one body" refers to the Tianxi Personal Super Intelligent Agent, and the "multiple terminals" include AI PCs, AI mobile phones, AI tablets, and AIoT devices. In terms of AI infrastructure, Lenovo has completed a comprehensive layout of "one horizontal and five vertical". The "one horizontal" is the WANQUAN Heterogeneous Intelligent Computing Platform. The "five vertical" refers to five business lines: servers, storage, data networks, software, hyper - convergence, and support for operation and maintenance services. In the field of AI solutions and services, Lenovo is already the number one in the Chinese IT service market and is leading the transformation of IT services to AI services.

For personal intelligence, Lenovo has launched the Tianxi Personal Super Intelligent Agent, which is a new - generation human - computer interaction portal. It has three core technologies independently developed by Lenovo: "perception and interaction, cognition and decision - making, autonomy and evolution", and provides five key functions: AI control, AI search, AI translation, AI note - taking, and AI services.

For enterprise intelligence, Lenovo has created the Baiying Intelligent Agent, which is in the form of Agent as a Service. It has five characteristics: multi - modal interaction, visual thinking chain, multi - scheme game theory, multi - intelligent agent collaboration, and full - link security. It can provide applications such as AI marketing, AI services, and AI office work, helping customers increase revenue, reduce costs, and improve efficiency. The Baiying Super Intelligent Agent can quickly adapt to the needs of entrepreneurs and small and medium - sized enterprises and provide IT operation and maintenance services with minimal manpower.

In April this year, Lenovo also launched the "Lenovo Legal Intelligent Agent Strategy". It joined hands with its ecological partner "Turing Law Thinking" to create the Lenovo Law Thinking AI Lawyer Assistant and launched the ThinkPad Legal AI PC.

Currently, Lenovo has launched the world's first business AI PC, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon, the ThinkPad T14p designed for engineers, and the world's first rollable - screen ThinkBook Plus Rollable AI Yuanqi Edition, such "black - technology" products. Based on the trusted computing and cloud - end integration, the Tianxi Personal Super Intelligent Agent is being embedded in Lenovo's AI PCs, becoming a leading terminal to promote the popularization of AI.

Currently, Lenovo's enterprise procurement platform offers a rich variety of AI PC products, allowing small and medium - sized enterprises to enjoy the convenience and efficiency improvement brought by AI at a relatively low cost. Among them, the ThinkPad T14p 2025 AI high - performance laptop, as a key product in Lenovo's AI PC product line, has evolved in performance with AI support and reached a new peak in professionalism. This product can be optionally equipped with the Intel Core Ultra 9 - 285H standard - voltage processor, with a 16 - core and 16 - thread configuration, integrated with three major AI engines, and an AI computing power of up to 99 TOPS. The CPU performance release reaches 55W, providing strong computing power for professional users. The new Intel Arc 140T graphics card has a 20% improvement in integrated graphics performance compared to the previous generation. This product is equipped with a 3K 120Hz high - resolution and high - refresh - rate screen, supporting the 100% DCI - P3 film - grade color standard, with an average Delta E < 1, providing an excellent visual experience for creative workers and professional users.

In addition, through the "Star Project", Lenovo provides six major benefits for start - up enterprises, including co - creation in production and research, capital support, service empowerment, ecological opening, brand empowerment, and business expansion.

Zhou Baoxuan said that how to achieve the "thrilling leap" from innovation to implementation has become the lifeline of countless large, medium, and small innovative enterprises. Lenovo hopes to provide the "first step" for start - up enterprises, break the boundaries of business growth, and achieve "two - way empowerment and common growth" together.

The Rise of Edge - Side AI, Bridging the "Last Mile" of AI Implementation

The last mile is often the key breakthrough point. The maturity and popularization of edge - side AI are the inevitable path for AI to truly release its social and economic value. In the round - table discussion session, guests from all parties conducted in - depth discussions on the dual technical and commercial challenges faced by AI implementation.

Deng Qi, the executive director of Shengqu Capital, believes that AI technology has been applied in multiple links of game production and promotion. The foundation for all this is stable hardware, and the stability of the edge - side is also the focus. The improvement of edge - side capabilities will in turn promote the improvement of large - model capabilities, making it more promising to reduce costs and increase efficiency in the game production end. At the same time, for game users, through the locally deployed virtual agents, real - time guidance for user operations can be provided, enhancing the game experience.

Gong Tianyi, the product manager of Tianpule in Quwan Technology, shared the company's All - in AI strategy. The arrival of the era of large AI models is making the concept of "everyone can play music" a reality. Now, through Quwan's self - developed Tianpule large music model, more people can create wonderful music and explore their potential for expression.

Gong Tianyi expressed high expectations for the development of edge - side AI. The team is working hard to compress the music model to run on PCs or even mobile phones, so that more ordinary users can participate in creation and expression. He believes that whether an AI product can help users "save time" or "make money" is the core criterion for judging its value.

Shu Yifu, the managing director of Niuo Capital, suggested that start - up teams quickly respond to customer needs, focus on existing models and mature frameworks, and try to test market reactions by hand - making prototypes. In terms of user groups, priority should be given to user groups such as "professional users, small B and large C" that can standardize customer acquisition. They have a certain payment ability, high decision - making efficiency, pursue growth and efficiency, and value both practical and emotional values.

Shu Yifu also shared several core criteria for investment institutions to evaluate AI start - up projects, including whether the founding team has a combination of business understanding and AI capabilities; whether they can optimize the model from "50 points" to "70 points" through engineering means; whether they have an effective growth strategy; and whether they can improve delivery quality and user stickiness through data enhancement.

Large Models Drive High - Performance Demand, Lenovo Leads the AI PC Market

At the salon, guests, together with the attending AI entrepreneurs and developers, conducted practical discussions on the "core challenges and paths for the implementation of large - model applications", covering multiple key issues such as data security, cloud - end collaboration, user experience, commercialization models, and ecological construction. Many entrepreneurs said that how start - up enterprises can find their positions in the ecosystems of large enterprises and build sustainable growth mechanisms is the current strategic focus for development.

Zhang Qi, the person in charge of product planning for small and medium - sized enterprise PCs in Lenovo Group's China region, analyzed the current changes in the AI innovation ecosystem and emphasized the reasons for the explosion of high - performance product demand and Lenovo's response strategies.

In Zhang Qi's view, the AI development ecosystem is shifting from "software - driven hardware" to "hardware - software collaboration". The high demand for computing power from large AI models has led to the prosperity of the high - performance PC market, prompting the deep integration of software and hardware to form an integrated delivery model of "whole machine + application".

Under this trend, Lenovo focuses on professional pioneer customer groups, segments multiple industries, and meets the different value demands and typical scenarios of different industries. For example, industries such as precision manufacturing and BIM engineering pursue stable guarantee and high performance, and enterprises give priority to configuration. While for code programming and software development, they focus on high performance with stable guarantee, and enterprises give priority to cost - performance.

At the same time, Lenovo continues to deeply cultivate the AI vertical application track, empowering each other, creating an ecological closed - loop of "scenario - application - product", and launching high - performance AI PC products combining hardware and software, such as legal AI PCs, industrial design AI PCs, and low