Tencent's Tang Daosheng: Competition in the automotive industry is being redefined by AI.

On the afternoon of April 23, Tencent held the 2026 TIME DAYTencent Smart Travel Technology Open Day in Beijing, and released the "Open Platform for Intelligent Mobility Experience in All Scenarios" for the automotive industry. At the press conference, Tang Daosheng, Senior Executive Vice President of Tencent Group and CEO of Cloud and Smart Industry Group, told Securities Times journalists that competition in the automotive industry is being redefined by AI. The gap between car manufacturers will no longer depend on whether they have intelligence itself, but on who can more quickly implement AI on a large scale and in a systematic way. Tang Daosheng stated that the impact of AI on the automotive industry has surpassed single functions and is deeply reshaping the entire chain of enterprise operations. Car manufacturers need to build the ability to synchronously create a closed loop of data, apply models, and organize the use of AI. Deeper changes are occurring within the internal operations of car manufacturers. Intelligentization in the automotive industry is not just about "putting AI into the car," but also about "restructuring the enterprise using AI," from research and development collaboration, office processes, to marketing conversion, customer service, and traditional human-dependent areas being systematically reshaped by AI. In the future, leading car manufacturers will not only have smart cars, but also possess an intelligent management system driven by AI. Journalists learned that the intelligent mobility experience open platform released this time covers basic capabilities, platform capabilities, and application ecology layers, accelerating the application of intelligent mobility experience in enterprise scenarios through full-stack capabilities. At the same time, based on the intelligent mobility platform, seven core scene intelligent bodies such as on-demand ordering, on-the-go guide, and on-the-go shopping have been built to provide users with a more intelligent and personalized cabin experience.