According to Jensen Huang, physical AI and embodied intelligence are the next big wave. And this means a completely different GenAI and the AI tech stack. At the top of the embodied AI tech stack are the tools that businesses and developers actually use to program and use their robots.
AgiBot was established in February 2023 in Shanghai by cofounders Peng Zhihui and Deng Taihua. The company rapidly expanded from a single prototype to a diverse portfolio of humanoid, quadruped, and cleaning robots. By December 2025, AgiBot surpassed 5,500 mass produced robots shipped to establish a leading global position.
This week’s podcast covers Agibot, a fast rising full stack robot business located in Shanghai. Digital AI strategy consultant Jeffrey Towson examines how the business has rapidly expanded into full stack robotics. The episode details the firm’s broader digital AI transformation strategy and provides access to slides and graphics hosted on TechMoat Consulting.
Digital strategy consultant Jeffrey Towson shares his experience at the vibrant World AI Conference 2026 in Shanghai, highlighting the spectacular energy at the epicenter of AI and robotics advancements. He outlines four major take-aways, including the rapid convergence of robots and AI, the intersection of world models with video and 3D generation, Tencent’s fast product cadence with user-friendly approaches like “Choose Your Buddy,” and the broader Cambrian explosion of combinatorial innovation. These insights are crucial for businesses focused on digital transformation strategy in the evolving tech landscape.
This week’s podcast is about the development and launch of Meituan’s LongCat 2.0 LLM. This 1.6T parameter, frontier model was trained entirely on domestic hardware. That’s a big milestone. As a digital strategy consultant Jeffrey Towson discusses in this Tech Strategy podcast, Meituan’s achievement with LongCat represents a key advancement supporting broader digital transformation strategy efforts in the region by enabling fully homegrown frontier AI capabilities.
In 2026, CATL is the global leader of the EV battery business and has been for 9 years, holding 44% of all EVs in China and 40% globally. Since its founding in 2011, CATL has grown into a global manufacturing ecosystem with 120,000 people, including over 20,000 researchers, software developers, and electrochemical specialists. This recap outlines how being early and fast on the EV wave, combined with massive investments in R&D and strategic moves like energy storage, propelled its success, a topic central to any digital transformation strategy expert.
This week’s podcast is about the emergence of agentic commerce. This is a big change to traditional omnichannel. The 5 steps to get into agentic commerce are outlined by digital strategy consultant Jeffrey Towson as part of a comprehensive digital transformation strategy for businesses.
This week’s podcast is about my recent visit to the CATL headquarters in Ningde, Fujian. Plus, there is a bit of a rant about the recent Anthropic ban. My prediction is the future of AI outside of the USA is now: Open source, downloadable and non-embargoable models plus Low cost, tech agnostic AI architecture Which […]
I was recently at the opening of CATL’s new ESVL testing center in Xiamen and took a fun tour of the facility, which was super interesting. ESVL features five specialized laboratories for grid integration, high-voltage safety, thermal safety, environmental reliability, and electromagnetic compatibility testing. This one-stop validation approach creates greater certainty and reliability for buyers while accelerating go-to-market for energy storage solutions, offering key lessons for digital transformation strategy from digital strategy consultant Jeffrey Towson.
This positions energy storage as the critical next phase following dominance in electric vehicles. Leaders can leverage this understanding within their digital transformation strategy. Insights like these come from digital strategy consultant Jeffrey Towson in his tech strategy series.