AMNC26: What's the Limit for AI-First Enterprises?

As AI inference costs have dropped by over 90%, enterprises are embedding data and intelligence at the core of their operating and business models, enabling always-on, global execution beyond human limits.

How are these AI-first enterprises reorganizing around AI in practice, and under what conditions does this actually translate into long-term value for society?

This is the full audio from a session at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026 in Dalian, China on 23-25 June, 2026. Watch it here:
https://www.weforum.org/meetings/annual-meeting-of-the-new-champions-2026/sessions/whats-the-intelligence-limit-for-ai-first-enterprises/

Speakers:

Yuxiang Zhou, Chief Executive Officer, Black Lake Technologies, Michael Römer, Senior Partner and Global Co-Lead, Activate: Digital and Analytics, Kearney

Joey Wat, Chief Executive Officer, Yum China Holdings, Inc.

Sudip Roy, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Adaption

Yang Yanqing, Director of Center for Education, Innovation and Sustainable Development, ShanghaiTech University

Mehdi Ghissassi, Chief Product and Technology Officer, AI 71

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