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Tencent Cloud Chief Says AI Demand Justifies Capex

Bloomberg Technology Thursday 29 October 2026, 02:30 UTC 1 min read
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Oct 29th, 2026 Tencent Cloud Chief Says AI Demand Justifies Capex Dowson Tong, CEO of Tencent Cloud and Smart Industries Group in an exclusive conversation with BTV's Stephen Engle talks about the company's investment shifts from being AI consumer agents to enterprise, why it is prioritizing compute for internal model training and products and the competition on chatbot space.

Oct 29th, 2026 Tencent Cloud Chief Says AI Demand Justifies Capex Dowson Tong, CEO of Tencent Cloud and Smart Industries Group in an exclusive conversation with BTV's Stephen Engle talks about the company's investment shifts from being AI consumer agents to enterprise, why it is prioritizing compute for internal model training and products and the competition on chatbot space.
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