tech · · Source: Bloomberg
Tencent’s Cloud Boss Plays Long Game to Patch ‘Leaky’ AI Ship
When Pony Ma called Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s AI endeavor “a leaky ship” this summer, the billionaire founder sent ripples through a company that for years dominated the industry with WeChat. The social media and gaming leader was at the time struggling to catch the likes of DeepSeek in the post-ChatGPT age. One of his key lieutenants, Dowson Tong, came up with a surprising answer: let’s retool to focus on businesses.