AI
The Asian leaders building, governing and applying artificial intelligence.
Chung Shin-a Has Restored Kakao’s Operating Momentum. The Agentic AI Bet Is More Difficult
Kakao is again growing with discipline. Chung Shin-a’s next task is to make AI useful across the group while keeping incentives, data and accountability under control.
Akira Shimada Is Recasting NTT for an AI World That Cannot Afford AI’s Energy Bill
NTT’s IOWN vision addresses the power and latency constraints of AI. Akira Shimada now has to convert that technological logic into profitable, repeatable infrastructure economics.
Salil Parekh Must Let AI Disrupt Infosys Before It Disrupts the Services Model
Infosys is financially resilient but entering a structural transition. Salil Parekh must use AI to improve client economics without allowing productivity to shrink his own revenue base.
Shantanu Narayen Has Adobe’s AI Growth. Now He Must Prove It Deepens the Moat
Adobe’s record results show that AI demand is real. Shantanu Narayen must now turn adoption into durable pricing power and a broader customer base.
C. Vijayakumar Is Betting HCLTech’s Engineering DNA on Owning More of the AI Stack
HCLTech is moving from AI services into infrastructure. C. Vijayakumar must prove that ownership creates differentiation without weakening the disciplined economics of the group.
Singapore’s Geene 2.0 Brings AI Commerce Tools Into One Platform
The Singapore-developed platform aims to move companies beyond disconnected AI tools when it becomes commercially available in August.
Haluk Bayraktar Is Turning Baykar’s Export Lead Into a European Industrial Test
Haluk Bayraktar must convert Baykar’s drone export success into a resilient multinational aerospace system without weakening its engineering speed.
South Korea’s Lee Opens Silicon Valley AI Push With Four CEO Meetings
President Lee Jae Myung begins an 11-day tour with talks in San Francisco aimed at turning South Korea’s AI and semiconductor plans into global partnerships.
