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HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 19 January 2026 - Jamf, (NASDAQ: JAMF), the standard in managing and securing Apple at work, today announced it has been recognized as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Management Tools. Recognized for both Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute. Jamf is the only Apple-first platform that unifies management, security, and AI-driven automation, giving organizations Apple-native depth, enterprise-grade security, and seamless integration with their existing stack. Jamf is trusted by thousands of organizations worldwide to manage, secure, and automate their Apple ecosystem. Cross-platform endpoint management tools force Apple devices into Windows-centric workflows, limiting visibility, automation, and security outcomes for IT and security teams. Jamf is built for how Apple actually works, with zero-touch deployment, same-day OS support, and automation that reduces IT effort, strengthens security, and improves the user experience. "We believe being named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant underscores Jamf's ability to execute today while continuing to innovate for the future," said Henry Patel, Chief Strategy Officer at Jamf. "As organizations scale with Apple across increasingly complex environments and industries, we remain focused on reducing their risk, simplifying their operations, and delivering the Apple experience employees love and IT teams trust." The Gartner Magic Quadrant illustrates the competitive positioning of technology providers. Leaders like Jamf demonstrate strong execution today and a well-defined vision for tomorrow. To learn more, download this complementary version of the report from Jamf's website: https://www.jamf.com/resources/white-papers/gartner-magic-quadrant-endpoint-management-tools/ Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Management Tools, Tom Cipolla, Lina Al Dana, Sunil Kumar, Robin Milton-Schonemann, Todd Larivee, Craig Fisler, 5 January 2026. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner and Magic Quadrant are trademarks of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates. Hashtag: #software #appleThe issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.About JamfJamf's purpose is to simplify work by helping organizations manage and secure an Apple experience that end users love and organizations trust. Jamf is the only company in the world that provides a complete management and security solution for an Apple-first environment that is enterprise secure, consumer simple and protects personal privacy. To learn more, visit www.jamf.com.
By 2030, surveyed executives anticipate AI spend to shift from efficiency to innovation AI productivity gains projected to increase by 42%, fueling reinvestment for growth 67% of respondents expect AI to eliminate resource and skills constraints ARMONK, N.Y., Jan. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- New research from the IBM (NYSE: IBM) Institute for Business Value reveals that nearly eight in ten (79%) surveyed executives expect AI will significantly contribute to their revenue by 2030 – up from 40% today – yet, few (24%) have a clear view of where that revenue will come from. Enterprise 2030 Despite this uncertainty, investment is accelerating: respondents predict that AI investment will surge approximately 150% between now and 2030. At the same time, 68% of executives surveyed worry their AI efforts will fail due to lack of integration with core business activities. "AI won't just support businesses, it will define them," said Mohamad Ali, Senior Vice President, IBM Consulting. "By 2030, the companies that win will weave AI into every decision and operation. They will own powerful AI assets, move faster than competitors, bring innovations to market quickly, and deliver real, measurable business results using technology and automation." The global study*, based on insights from 2,000 C-suite executives, shows that AI is emerging as a critical driver of enterprise growth through 2030. The findings suggest that future success will come from making bolder strategic bets, even as many surveyed executives face a gap between expectations and outcomes. Key findings include: Executives are looking beyond AI efficiency to drive future gains While nearly half (47%) of AI spend is now focused on efficiency, respondents expect 62% of AI spend will be dedicated to innovation by 2030. 64% of surveyed executives believe that by 2030, competitive advantage will come from innovation rather than resource optimization. 70% of surveyed executives plan to reinvest the value from AI-powered productivity gains into growth initiatives. Respondents expect AI to boost productivity by 42% by 2030, with 67% expecting to capture most AI-enabled productivity gains by then. Competitive advantage will depend on the right technology bets While most surveyed executives (57%) say their competitive advantage will come from AI model sophistication, only 28% have a clear view of what AI models they'll need by 2030. 82% of respondents expect their AI capabilities to be multi-model by 2030, and 72% expect small language models (SLMs) to surpass large language models (LLMs). Surveyed organizations scaling AI across multiple workflows, using smaller, custom and foundation AI models, anticipate 24% greater productivity gains and 55% higher operating margins by 2030. While 59% of respondents say quantum-enabled AI will transform their industry by 2030, only 27% expect to be using quantum computing by then — a gap that underscores opportunity for organizations that are prepared to act today. AI is redefining leadership and the skills that matter most By 2030, executives surveyed expect 25% of enterprise boards will have an AI advisor or co-decision maker, and 74% say AI will redefine leadership roles across the enterprise, with two-thirds believing AI will create entirely new leadership roles. Meanwhile, 67% of respondents say job roles are becoming shorter-lived, 57% expect most current employee skills to be obsolete by 2030, and 67% agree mindset will matter more than skills. In addition, 67% of surveyed executives expect AI to eliminate the resource and skills constraints that hold their organization back today. For AI-first organizations, analysis shows they are 48% more likely to create net-new jobs roles and 46% more likely to redesign their organizational structure to achieve more AI value. The study provides a roadmap for business leaders on how to turn AI-first ambitions into measurable outcomes. To view the full study, visit: https://www.ibm.com/thought-leadership/institute-business-value/en-us/report/enterprise-2030 As part of the study, senior executives shared their perspectives on how technology is reshaping strategy, operations, and workforce priorities. See addendum below. *Study MethodologyThe IBM Institute for Business Value, in cooperation with Oxford Economics, gathered insights from 2,007 senior executives on how they expect their organizations to evolve between 2025 and 2030. The survey was conducted across 33 geographies and 20 industries during the third and fourth quarters of 2025. The survey explored strategic priorities, including AI-first operations, the integration of advanced AI models into products and services, workforce transformation, and readiness for emerging technologies like quantum computing. The IBM Institute for Business Value, IBM's thought leadership think tank, combines global research and performance data with expertise from industry thinkers and leading academics to deliver insights that make business leaders smarter. For more world-class thought leadership, visit: www.ibm.com/ibv. To receive more insights, subscribe to the IdeaWatch newsletter: https://ibm.co/ibv-ideawatch. About IBMIBM is a leading provider of global hybrid cloud and AI, and consulting expertise. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Thousands of government and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM's hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM's breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and consulting deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM's long-standing commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity, and service. Visit www.ibm.com for more information. Media ContactMarisa ConwayIBM Corporate Communicationsconwaym@us.ibm.com Executive Perspectives: "The capabilities that transcend any particular job will remain very important: decision-making, judgment, strategy, collaboration skills, intuition, clarity of thought. Those things will become even more necessary in a world where you can delegate a lot of the underlying work to an agent." — Aaron Levie, CEO and Co-Founder, Box "Quantum will never stand alone. Classical computing, AI, and quantum must work together in connected workflows." — Dr. Thomas Eckl, Chief Expert, Bosch "AI's future isn't about bigger models. It's about smarter integration with people and processes." — Jinesh Dalal, Head and VP, Technology Development, C-Metric "We'll need more problem solvers who understand both the business and the models—people who can marry technical capability with business insight. That's the future of every company, including ours." — Umang Dharmik, SVP and Head of IT, Mercedes-Benz Research Development India (MBRDI) "We're the first women's soccer league in the world to implement a video assistant referee. We know that AI is going to unlock tremendous efficiency and effectiveness to reduce or potentially even eliminate some of the human error that happens around the calls that happen on the field." — Jessica Berman, Commissioner, National Women's Soccer League "By 2030, insight will be everywhere. Interfaces will be radically different, and AI will act as the business intelligence system, decision engine, and a participant in operations." — Chad Gates, Managing Director, Pronto Software "The entire C-suite should always be asking, 'How can we disrupt the market? How can we leverage disruption to our competitive advantage by reinventing the what's next and where are we going?'" — Maureen Power Sweeny, Chief Revenue Officer, RapidScale IBM Corporation logo.
Pioneering Logistics Data Connectivity to Empower SME FinancingHONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 19 January 2026 - In response to the evolving global trade landscape and accelerating digital transformation, Hong Kong is consolidating its strength and reinforcing its position as an International Trade Centre while driving industry digitalisation. PAO Bank Limited ("PAObank") has actively support the HKSAR Government's initiatives to promote data-sharing infrastructure and financial technology development. PAObank adopted data from "Port Community System" ("PCS"), serving as a pilot case to explore the potential of the PCS data in replacing traditional freight documentation. PAObank has been invited to join PCS Rollout Ceremony, sharing professional insights on leveraging cargo data to promote digital trade finance. The PCS enables interoperability of logistics data across sea, land and air transport, establishing a comprehensive and reliable logistics footprint for cargo transiting through Hong Kong. PAObank, as the first digital bank to participate in the Commercial Data Interchange initiative, has become a leader in harnessing alternative data to streamline financing process. PAObank was invited to PCS Rollout Ceremony on 16 January to share its practical experience in utilising PCS for trade finance. The real-time import/export customs declaration and cargo data provided by PCS empower banks to better understand the trade and capital flows of SMEs, thereby reducing credit costs and enhancing the efficiency of trade finance. Mr. Ambrose Wong, Alternate Chief Executive & Chief Risk Officer of PAObank, remarked in the panel discussion, "As one of the Ping An Group's integrated financial platforms in Hong Kong, PAObank is driven by the vision of empowering finance through technology. We are at the forefront of utilising alternative data to simplify SME financing and establishing industry benchmarks. Traditional port information is often fragmented, and banks lack access to consolidated trade data, making it difficult to assess business operations and credit risks in a timely and accurate manner, which affects financing efficiency. PCS provides unified, reliable, and comprehensive logistics data, further breaking down industry data barriers. This enables banks to access real-time data, quickly and accurately evaluate SME business conditions, and conduct more precise credit approvals to meet SMEs' funding needs and help them seize business opportunities." Mr Ambrose Wong continued, "PAObank is honoured to serve as one of the pilot cases for the PCS, contributing to system optimisation and the realisation of cross-sector data sharing. PAObank will continue to support the HKSAR Government in jointly promoting the digitalisation of trade finance, deepening application scenarios, and enabling more SMEs to benefit from robust data-sharing infrastructure, contributing to strengthening Hong Kong's position as an international financial and trade centre." Looking ahead, as part of Ping An Group's integrated financial platforms in Hong Kong, PAObank will continue to strengthen its commercial data utilisation, integrating diverse data from trade, logistics and finance to unlock data potential. The bank will continue to be the trade partner, offering banking services including foreign currency deposits, cross-border remittance, and foreign currency exchange to help SMEs unlock their business potential. In addition, PAObank is actively developing innovative financial technologies to provide more diversified services for SMEs and individual customers, working together to promote the sustainable and healthy development of Hong Kong's economy. Hashtag: #PAObank #PCS #TradeFinancingThe issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.PAO Bank LimitedPAO Bank Limited ("PAObank"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lufax Holding Ltd ("Lufax") (SEHK: 6623; NYSE: LU) and a member of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. ("Ping An") (SEHK: 2318; SSE: 601318), is committed to fostering financial inclusion and establishing a digital banking ecosystem by leveraging its extensive experience in SME banking services and its leading financial technology advantages. PAObank was granted a banking licence by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority in May 2019 to offer banking services via virtual channels. PAObank is expanding diverse business segments including retail banking and SME banking, serving customers in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area, establishing itself as one of the Ping An Group's comprehensive financial platforms in Hong Kong.
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Jan. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- For more than 40 years, Dewan Architects + Engineers has been shaping cities and destinations across the Middle East, Europe and beyond. From large-scale mixed-use developments to hospitality, residential, leisure and lifestyle projects, the firm has built a reputation for delivering ambitious, design-led projects in fast-moving markets while adhering to the visions and market needs of their clients. Dewan Vietnam Studio Today, as Dewan continues to grow across Southeast Asia, particularly in Vietnam, yet with a deep regard for the local culture and a sense of place. The goal is simple: to bring the experience, confidence, structure, and resources of a global design practice, with input from our local team and partners to ensure every project fits its context, culture, and market needs. Over the past eight years, Dewan's Vietnam studio has become a key part of this approach. Working side by side with Dewan's global offices, but deeply rooted in local knowledge, culture, codes, and ways of working. One Team, Two Perspectives "Vietnam and Southeast Asia are exciting markets, but they also move fast," says Freek Jansen, Branch Manager of Dewan Vietnam. "Developers here need strong ideas, but they also need clarity, coordination, and partners who understand how things really work on the ground." Dewan's strength lies in combining these two worlds. Concept design and strategic thinking are developed from the firm's headquarters in Dubai, drawing on decades of experience in large, complex projects, while the Vietnam studio plays an important role in supporting these ideas into designs that respond to local regulations, construction methods, climate, and cultural expectations, as well having a constant local point of contact to serve our clients. Rather than a one-directional workflow, Dewan operates as one connected team. Designers, technical specialists, and local architects collaborate from the early stages, ensuring projects are unique yet buildable, efficient, and commercially viable. Design That Feels Right for Its Location There is no "standard Dewan style." Each project is shaped by its context, market positioning, and end users. What remains consistent is the firm's design mindset: clarity, strong spatial thinking, and a focus on human experience. In Vietnam, this has meant learning quickly and adapting continuously. Over time, Dewan's teams have refined how global design standards are blended with local materials, traditions, and lifestyles, resulting in projects that feel international in quality, but familiar and relevant to local users. Experience You Can See on the Ground Dewan's growing portfolio in Southeast Asia reflects this balance between ambition and context. In Hanoi, SolForest at Ecopark introduced the idea of a "vertical forest" to high-rise living—long before green residential towers became a mainstream discussion. As one of Dewan Vietnam's first completed projects, it demonstrated how sustainability, lifestyle, and high-density housing could come together in a meaningful way. Sol Forest Hanoi In Thailand, Layan Verde in Phuket takes a different approach, responding to steep terrain and coastal views. Terraced residences, integrated landscape, and passive design strategies turn the site's challenges into its strongest features—creating a resort-style environment that feels connected to nature rather than imposed on it, creating an almost non architectural statement where nature overtakes the building. Layan Verde Meanwhile, in southern Vietnam, Maia Ho Tram represents Dewan's ability to deliver at scale. As Lead Architect and Interior Designer, Dewan is shaping a coastal destination that combines hospitality, residences, wellness, and leisure into one cohesive vision. Despite its size and short design timeline, the project remains focused on human experience—open terraces, generous outdoor spaces, and interiors inspired by nature and local identity. Why Developers Choose Dewan For developers, working with Dewan means more than accessing an international name. It means: Global experience from the Middle East, Europe, Africa and other fast-growth markets Strong design leadership backed by technical depth Local teams who understand approvals, coordination, and construction realities Cultural sensitivity, not global imported solutions One integrated process, from concept to delivery "Our international background taught us how to work fast, manage complexity, and deliver under pressure," Jansen explains. "But our success in Asia comes from listening, adapting, and building trust with local partners." Looking Forward As Dewan continues to expand across Vietnam and Southeast Asia, the firm remains focused on long-term partnerships rather than one-off projects. Each new development is seen as a collaboration, where global knowledge and local insight come together to create places that work commercially, culturally, and socially. "Our journey in Asia has changed how we design," Mr. Mohammed Adib, Chief Design Officer - Dewan Architects reflects. "It's made us more flexible, more grounded, and more connected to how people actually live. That combination is what we bring to every developer we work with and eventually for the final users." Looking ahead, with a strong regional presence and a fully integrated global network, Dewan Architects remains committed to creating places that add real value: projects that are globally informed, locally delivered, and designed to support how people live, work, and connect. For high-resolution photos, please download the media kit here.
SINGAPORE - Media OutReach Newswire - 19 January 2026 - Doctor Anywhere, a leading regional tech-led healthcare provider, and Lumens Group, Singapore’s leading provider of mobility solutions, have formalised the next stage of their ongoing partnership with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), strengthening efforts to support more reliable home-based healthcare delivery across Singapore. The collaboration brings together Doctor Anywhere’s Doctor House Call services and Lumens Group’s managed mobility capabilities, delivered through its mobility service ecosystem provider Lylo, to strengthen an essential aspect of home-based care: enabling medical professionals to reach patients at home safely, reliably, and with minimal disruption. Doctor Anywhere's doctor arriving for a Doctor House Call (Credit: Doctor Anywhere) Supported by national initiatives such as Age Well SG, which advocate ageing-in-place and more home-based care, Singapore’s healthcare system is evolving to strengthen community-based care beyond clinics and hospitals. Dependable on-the-ground infrastructure plays an important role in ensuring continuity of care, particularly for patients and caregivers for whom travelling to a medical facility can be difficult, disruptive, or stressful. Through this partnership, Lumens Group, which manages one of the largest fleets of vehicles across Singapore, provides professionally managed mobility for Doctor Anywhere’s medical teams, strengthening the operational coordination behind Doctor Anywhere’s Doctor House Call services — a critical enabler as demand for home-based care continues to grow. This allows medical teams to focus more fully on patient care at home, while improving scheduling efficiency to serve more patients - helping expand access to home-based services in a reliable and sustainable way. As demand for home-based care grows, Doctor Anywhere will continue investing in its medical team and service capacity for home-based care to ensure care remains personal, consistent, and patient-focused. “For healthcare to work, it must first be accessible. It doesn’t happen only when a doctor arrives; it begins the moment someone decides, 'I need care'. Preventive care and continuity of care within communities are essential to keeping society healthy,” said Ms. Ivin Yew, Chief Executive Officer, General Health Services, Doctor Anywhere. “For families with newborns, parents managing infant vaccinations, seniors ageing at home, or patients recovering after treatment, access to reliable and coordinated care where they live matters deeply. This partnership reflects our commitment to supporting care that fits into real lives.” “Mobility is often the invisible infrastructure that enables essential services - it’s more than movement, it creates access,” said Mr. Marcus Low, Group Head of Business Development, Lumens Group. “This partnership reflects Lumens Group’s commitment to building resilient systems that improve lives and strengthen communities. By supporting healthcare professionals as they deliver care in the community, we are contributing to a system that brings medical support closer to families and individuals in their everyday environments.” Doctor Anywhere’s home-based services include medical consultations, infant and childhood vaccinations, preventive care, and post-treatment follow-ups, designed to integrate seamlessly with clinic-based and specialist services as part of a connected continuum of care. The partnership complements Singapore’s broader emphasis on community-based healthcare, preventive care, and ageing-in-place, demonstrating how local enterprises can collaborate in practical ways to support evolving healthcare needs across different life stages. Hashtag: #DoctorAnywhere #LumensGroupThe issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.Doctor AnywhereDoctor Anywhere is a tech-led healthcare company committed to delivering comprehensive care across primary care, specialist care, telehealth, preventive health, and employee benefits. Founded in 2017, Doctor Anywhere has grown into a regional healthcare provider serving more than 3 million users across Southeast Asia, with a focus on enhancing healthcare accessibility, improving health outcomes, and delivering a personalised and inclusive healthcare experience. More information: www.doctoranywhere.com Lumens GroupLumens Group is a leading provider of innovative, reliable mobility solutions in Singapore. With one of the largest fleets of vehicles in Singapore, Lumens Group offers a comprehensive suite of mobility solutions including vehicle leasing and transport solutions. Guided by its vision to build a sustainable mobility ecosystem that improves lives and strengthens communities, Lumens continues to shape the future of mobility through innovation and partnerships. For more information, please visit https://lumensgroup.com. LyloLylo, a business unit under the Lumens Group, specialises in safe and customisable on-demand transportation for individuals and businesses. Supported by a professional driver-partner network, Lylo focuses on service excellence and convenience, connecting people and businesses to opportunities and experiences through transportation solutions. For more information, please visit https://lylo.sg.
SHANGHAI, Jan. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Over the past decade, China's electric vehicle (EV) industry has evolved from a niche experiment into a leading force in the global automotive landscape. In the first ten months of 2025, China exported over 2 million EVs, nearly double the year-earlier figure. From European city streets to Southeast Asian highways and Latin American urban centers, Chinese EVs have emerged as one of the most prominent symbols of a new era of "Made in China." The global automotive market is undergoing a corresponding transformation. From January to September 2025, global vehicle sales hit approximately 70.53 million units, with new energy vehicles (NEVs) making up over 22% of the total volume. More notably, nearly 70% of the global growth in NEV sales came from China. China's supply chain now holds a 70%–85% global market share in critical components such as batteries. Taken together, China is providing much of the momentum behind the global shift toward electrification. This structural change extends beyond OEMs. It is also reshaping the supply chain. China has built systemic advantages across the battery supply chain, electric drive platforms, electronic and electrical architectures, and manufacturing efficiency, forming the foundation for the next phase of intelligent mobility. Against this backdrop, chassis-level system solutions are shifting from mechanical components to core enablers of intelligent driving. Technologies such as brake-by-wire and steer-by-wire now determine whether an intelligent vehicle can carry out algorithmic decisions safely and reliably. LeeKr Technology is among a new generation of Tier 1 suppliers emerging at this turning point. By migrating and restructuring application software from actuators to a centralized controller, the company is dedicated to providing secure, efficient, and intelligent holistic chassis-level system solutions for the era of software-defined vehicle. The global supply chain is being redefined, with the ability to build chassis-level system emerging as a new competitive frontier. The rise of companies like LeeKr is highlighting the profound strength of China's supply chain. Behind the globally successful EV brands, a cohort of new-generation Tier 1 suppliers, mastering core technologies, is rapidly emerging to form the new foundation of the future automotive industry. The Capital Story The restructuring of the automotive supply chain has reshaped not only technology architecture but also the direction of capital. This is where LeeKr's story begins. In the four years since its founding in 2021, LeeKr has raised more than USD 284 million in total financing. In a sector that demands rigorous engineering, mature mass-production capabilities, and uncompromising safety standards, such a rapid funding pace is unusual. 2022: Tech Investors Who Saw the Shift Coming LeeKr's earliest backers came from investors deeply rooted in China's technology and intelligent mobility sectors, many with prior experience at major internet companies such as Baidu and Alibaba. A representative figure is Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, founder of Sinovation Ventures, who previously held senior roles at Apple, Microsoft and Google. His earlier investments include companies such as Momenta and WeRide, reflecting a long-standing focus on the intersection of software, intelligence and mobility. In 2022, LeeKr closed nearly USD 28.4 million in Series A and A+ financing from leading Chinese institutions. These investors brought long track records across China's internet, hardware, and early autonomous-driving sectors. What they valued was not short-term revenue, but the underlying trend itself. Their investment reflected confidence in LeeKr's technical direction and team, as well as an early conviction about where the industry is heading. 2023: National and Industrial Capital Take Notice In 2023, LeeKr secured USD 56.8 million in Series B financing. The significance of this round lay not in the size but in who participated: national research-linked institutions, local industrial investment platforms, and capital associated with major OEMs appeared together for the first time. This marked a shift in how LeeKr was perceived. The company was no longer seen only as a promising technology startup, but as a participant with strategic value in China's intelligent EV ecosystem. The closer alignment of capital and industry became an important milestone. It signaled a move from early-stage uncertainty toward greater supply-chain certainty, giving LeeKr the ability to integrate upstream and downstream resources and positioning it for future strategic orders. 2024: Integration into China's Core NEV Supply Chain In 2024, LeeKr closed a Series C funding round of more than USD 142 million. Government-guided funds and the strategic investment platforms of major OEMs were the primary participants. Local industrial capital involved in intelligent NEV development also joined, along with investment platforms linked to OEMs that have performed strongly overseas, including Chery. By the first three quarters of 2025, Chery exported 936,000 vehicles, up 12.9% year-on-year, maintaining its position as China's number-one passenger-vehicle exporter. As one of the earliest Chinese OEMs to achieve global scale, Chery consistently ranks among the top in markets such as Brazil and the Middle East. Its selection criteria for supply-chain partners are widely considered among the most demanding in the industry. Against this backdrop, Chery's decision to invest in LeeKr carries weight. At this stage, capital is no longer simply fueling the growth of a fast-moving startup. It is integrating LeeKr into the core of China's NEV supply-chain system. As vehicles move rapidly toward electrification and software-driven architectures, mastery of the underlying execution system is becoming a foundational capability for both industrial security and long-term global competitiveness. LeeKr's funding history reveals its most distinctive feature: the transformation of its client identity. This further demonstrates that the most powerful validation often comes from the market itself: multiple core OEMs, including China FAW Group, BAIC, and Chery Group, having successively taken stakes in LeeKr. This signifies not only trust but also a long-term commitment to collaboration and a flywheel effect where one plus one becomes greater than two. Today, LeeKr serves more than ten automaker customers, and its One-box products are deployed across over thirty vehicle models. Technical validation, industry trust, and strategic capital now reinforce one another and accelerate the company's growth. Looking back over the past four years, this is more than a financing history. It is a snapshot of the industry's shift from the supplier logic of the fuel era to the emerging supply-chain architecture of the intelligent electric era. A New Generation of Suppliers The global automotive industry is now undergoing a disruptive transformation driven by electrification and intelligence. The long-established order of the internal combustion engine era is being reshaped, with new players and multinational giants now competing on the same stage. The dominant capability in the supply chain is shifting from mechanical manufacturing to electronic control, software, and system integration. With strengths in batteries, electric drive systems, manufacturing efficiency and engineering ecosystems, China has, for the first time, moved to the center of this global restructuring. As the industry transitions, a new generation of suppliers is emerging. Rather than simply replacing traditional giants, they are working with OEMs to co-develop the architecture of intelligent electric vehicles and are becoming the new Tier 1. LeeKr is one of the most representative examples. As competition among electric vehicle makers expands from China to global markets, the role of these new suppliers is evolving as well. Internally, LeeKr describes its globalization path as "going abroad with the ship," a strategy of expanding overseas alongside its automotive customers. In its early stage, LeeKr follows clients into overseas markets to meet mass production demands for global vehicle models. It then works alongside OEMs to establish overseas factories, achieving localized manufacturing of critical components. The longer-term goal involves preemptively deploying R&D and production systems in key regions to build capabilities serving the global market. This is not only LeeKr's development path. It also reflects the broader movement of China's new energy vehicle supply chain toward higher positions in the global value chain. The Road Forward Megatrends such as the software-defined vehicle, electric mobility, and autonomous driving are accelerating the need for more advanced chassis technology. From a longer-term perspective, the true constraints on industry expansion no longer lie in perception or computing power itself, but rather in the maturity, reliability, and cross-vehicle/cross-market replicability of holistic chassis-level system solutions. The technical solutions LeeKr focuses on directly address this bottleneck. Based on this assessment, it suggests that LeeKr is addressing not merely the question of "feasibility", but rather the challenges of "sustainable operation, scalable delivery, and cross-market adaptability." This positions it to evolve from a supporting role within the smart EV supply chain into a key provider of foundational capabilities. The same logic extends to LeeKr's global expansion. Whether following clients into overseas markets or participating in localized development, its consistent goal is ensuring the chassis-level system maintains uniform safety and reliability across diverse regulations and operating environments. The recent cooperation between LeeKr and the Geleximco Group illustrates how this approach is beginning to take shape. Over time, we believe companies like LeeKr may increasingly serve global automakers directly, translating China's engineering depth and supply chain capacity into universally applicable industrial capabilities. Note:This article is jointly developed by LeeKr Technology and EqualOcean. LeeKr Technology is the primary subject of the analysis, while EqualOcean serves as an independent industry research and analysis firm, providing industry perspectives and research support. EqualOcean focuses on China's global business expansion and helps international organizations better understand China's emerging industries and technology trends.
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