AnyMind Group, a Singapore-founded business process as a service (BPaaS) company for marketing, e-commerce and digital transformation, has on Tuesday announced that it will establish AnyAI Lab in Hangzhou, China.
The new hub will serve as a core center to drive the development of AI agents and their application across the company’s business and products, the firm said in a statement.
By combining data accumulated through its operations and platforms across 15 markets, with Hangzhou’s advanced AI development environment, the hub will further accelerate the company’s ongoing AI-native transformation.
In addition, these capabilities will be sequentially implemented across AnyMind Group’s platform suite.
The company will also launch global recruitment for AI engineers and AI product development talent.
It is noted that in recent years, the business application of AI has expanded into the automation of workflows and operations.
Against this backdrop, Hangzhou has strengthened its global presence as a city that attracts advanced AI talent and development communities in areas such as AI applications and robotics, including its designation as one of China’s National New Generation Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Development Pilot Zones.
The city is home to thousands of digital and AI-related companies and continues to rank among China’s leading cities for net inflows of advanced information technology (IT) talent.
Hangzhou has also developed an ecosystem that enables the rapid deployment and application of cutting-edge AI technologies and research outcomes into actual services and businesses.
Implementation and utilization are also advancing actively in the field of autonomous AI agents.
AnyMind said the firm has decided to establish a hub in Hangzhou based on the view that early access to this AI development and implementation environment, along with frontline AI technology insights and development expertise, will contribute to strengthening the company’s medium- to long-term competitiveness by integrating these capabilities into its own products and business operations.
AnyAI Lab will drive the development of solutions that are built on its data and AI utilization platform, AnyAI.
Across its business domains, it will applied development of autonomous AI agents; accelerating development of the AnyAI offering suite; enhancing company-wide operations for AI native transformation.
AnyAI Lab will drive the applied development of AI agents, a field that continues to rapidly expand and advance.
This includes designing systems in which multiple AI agents work together to support and automate workflows, advancing AI capabilities such as memory, reasoning and external tool utilization, and designing and implementing AI-powered workflows.
The lab will also drive the deployment and operation of these technologies in actual business operations.
Meanwhile, insights and development outcomes from AnyAI Lab will be progressively integrated into the company’s various AnyAI solutions.
By utilizing business data and feedback obtained from operations across 15 markets in Asia, the company will advance AI features that are closely aligned with real-world workflows and customer needs.
AnyAI Lab will also serve as a core function for the AI-native transformation business operations across AnyMind.
The company is already advancing AI utilization globally across business areas such as sales and planning, and will further improve operations through the use of AI agents.
The key strength of AnyAI Lab lies in its ability to directly connect AnyMind Group’s business foundation across Asia Pacific (APAC) and the Middle East with Hangzhou’s AI implementation environment.
AnyMind Group holds commerce flow and consumer touchpoint data accumulated daily across areas such as marketing, e-commerce and live commerce.
By combining this first-party data with Hangzhou’s AI implementation environment, the company will drive the development, operation and improvement cycle of AI agents that are connected to actual business operations, going beyond proof-of-concept initiatives.
“As AI technology continues to evolve, business competitiveness is shifting toward how effectively AI can be implemented into actual businesses and operations,
“At AnyMind Group, we do not see AI simply as a tool for operational efficiency. We see it as a foundation for transforming the business itself, and we are advancing our AI-native transformation across the company,” said Kosuke Sogo, CEO of AnyMind Group.
According to him, Hangzhou is one of the cities that is increasing its global presence in the fields of AI applications and agents, brings together advanced AI talent and development communities, and has formed an ecosystem that enables the rapid deployment of cutting-edge technologies into services.
“AnyMind Group’s strength lies in our business foundation and data across 15 markets in Asia,
“Through AnyAI Lab, we will combine data from markets across Asia with Hangzhou’s AI development environment, and further accelerate product development and the enhancement of business operations through AI agents,” he added.
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