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.

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 […]