New Asian playbook: Industry leaders weigh in on competing in AI

The blueprint for businesses to command Asia’s growing sway amid a volatile world lies in carving out a position in the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution and putting money where the green is.

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(From left) Amazon Web Services' managing director of Asean, Mr Jeff Johnson; Sea's chief operating officer and co-founder, Mr Ye Gang; OCBC's deputy CEO Tan Teck Long; and Business Times news editor Anita Gabriel discussing the challenges businesses face in a volatile era at the Asia Future Summit on Oct 9.

(THE BUSINESS TIMES)

These were the insights raised by top leaders from a global cloud giant, a tech behemoth and one of Southeast Asia’s largest lenders at the second day of the Asia Future Summit on Oct 9.

The premier thought leadership conference is jointly presented by SPH Media’s flagship titles The Straits Times, Lianhe Zaobao and The Business Times, with OCBC as the presenting sponsor.

Headlining a panel on the opportunities and challenges in a volatile era were OCBC’s deputy chief executive, Mr Tan Teck Long; Amazon Web Services’ managing director of Asean, Mr Jeff Johnson; and Sea’s chief operating officer and cofounder, Mr Ye Gang.

The hour-long session dived into several major shifts shaping the future: How the AI needle can turn from hype to hard results, and how affordable, reliable power now decides where platforms grow, where factories land and where investors place their bets.

BT deputy news editor Anita Gabriel, who moderated the session, kicked things off with a question on the single biggest opportunity and hardest challenge the trio sees in Asia today.