Lessons From Our First Alibaba E-Commerce Training Program (Tech Strategy – Podcast 297)

This week’s podcast is about the recent Alibaba Ecommerce Training Program – and our trip to Alibaba HQ in Hangzhou, where digital AI strategy consultant Jeffrey Towson outlined company visits to Geely / Zeekr, DEEP Robotics and Fly Zoo Hotel. Useful tools discussed include QwenWork, Accio and Aidge as part of building an agentic-first organization through digital AI transformation strategy with partners like Alibaba and TechMoat Consulting under Agentic Org Now. The program combined online modules with in-person training focused on e-commerce entrepreneurs advancing from existing operations using AI agents and related company insights.

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Day 1 of Our Alibaba Ecommerce Training Program: Visiting Geely / Zeekr (1 of 5) (Tech Strategy)

We just finished up Phase 2 of our Alibaba Ecommerce Training Program in partnership with Alibaba, including visits to local companies like Geely / Zeekr and deep dives into their tech strategy. Digital AI strategy consultant Jeffrey Towson highlights how Geely / Zeekr is advancing digital AI transformation strategy through LLMs, World Behavior Models, smart cockpits, and full AI mobility tech stacks. Having the right product at the right time, combined with rapid moves in EVs and AI, has positioned Geely / Zeekr as a rising giant behind leaders like BYD.