AI transformation is no longer something CEOs can simply delegate. In my conversation with @semafor The CEO Signal , we discussed why companies need clear ownership of AI transformation and how AI is changing the way leaders make decisions and run organizations. At http://01.AI, we are exploring this through Boss AI, an AI decision assistant for business leaders.

AI theater isn’t enough. The next phase of AI will change not only what companies do, but how they operate. More in my new book AI Native https://ainativebook.com

Full article: https://semafor.com/article/09/18/2026/why-kai-fu-lee-thinks-companies-need-an-ai-boss…

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Start with executive decisions, investment strategy, or sales growth.

Boss AI

An agentic AI executive decision product for CEOs and executives. Built on 01.AI’s in-depth research into management pain points, it’s designed to help leaders see through corporate reality and convert judgment into trackable action loops.

• Operation diagnosis
• Risk identification
• Execution tracking

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Investor AI

Built for investment, M&A, and ROI strategy decisions. It supports investment appraisal, risk assessment, and ROI analysis, grounding major decisions in stronger evidence and sharper argumentation.

• Deal flow review
• Risk assessment
• Decision rigor

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TopSales AI

Built for B2B and government-facing sales teams, it helps qualify opportunities, match solutions, and allocate pre-sales resources more effectively — becoming the backbone of a high-performing sales organization.

• Pipeline assessment
• Solution matching
• Sales efficiency

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Strategy Consultation +FDEA co-creation model that accelerates enterprise AI transformation

01.AI works side by side with customer teams to turn strategic judgment into AI systems that can be deployed, validated, and continuously improved.

Industry Solutions

For high-value industries and critical workflows, we combine foundation models, agents, data governance, and secure deployment into practical business solutions.

Sovereign AI

Make AI the foundation of national-level intelligence capability

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Enterprise AI transformation is aCEO top-down mandate

AI transformation is a top-down executive mandate, not a series of isolated pilots. Its value comes from integrating strategy, scenarios, data, models, and organization so AI becomes the enterprise’s decision-making core.

Advisory-led transformation, fewer detours

Co-create the AI transformation blueprint with the CEO and leadership team, aligning the roadmap, technology stack, product portfolio, and delivery milestones with ROI from day one.

Ontology modeling for business understanding

Model people, assets, processes, events, and decision logic as computable business objects, so AI understands context instead of merely reading data.

FDE co-creation to accelerate delivery

Forward Deployed Engineers (FDE) go deep into frontline operations, working with customer teams to break down requirements, connect data, build prototypes, and validate deployment.

Closed-loop operations for continuous improvement

Turn real-world usage into data, models, and business knowledge, so AI capabilities evolve with the business and inform strategic iteration.

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About Us

01.AI was founded in Beijing in May 2023 under the leadership of Dr. Kai-Fu Lee and became a unicorn within six months. Driving the frontier of generative and agentic AI technology, 01.AI focuses on the booming opportunity of global industry AI transformation. The company builds full-stack enterprise solutions, industry agent deployments and applications, as well as industry and sovereign model training. With strong executive and leadership partnerships driving AI transformation through a top-down mandate, 01.AI is scaling enterprise and sovereign AI deployments globally.

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2026.07### TrueNorth platform release

Released TrueNorth, the enterprise AI decision hub platform, and extended it into Boss AI, Investor AI, and TopSales AI.

2026.01### National High-Tech Enterprise and Beijing SRDI SME Recognition

Recognized as a National High-Tech Enterprise and a Beijing Specialized, Refined, Distinctive, and Innovative SME.

2025.03### WorldWise Platform release

Built on its self-developed end-to-end foundation-model technology stack, 01.AI released WorldWise Enterprise LLM Platform, covering model deployment, application practice, and model fine-tuning tools.

2024.10### Yi-Lightning release

Released Yi-Lightning, a 100B-parameter MoE model ranked sixth globally and first in China on the authoritative LMSYS blind test, setting a new historical best for China.