Zhou Hongyi: By 2026, Global Intelligent Agent Population to Reach at Least 10 Billion; Billion-Dollar Firms to Be Seen as Small in AI Arena
2026-01-24 / Read about 0 minute
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At the 2026 Chongli Forum, Zhou Hongyi, the founder of 360 Group, shared that his visit to the Thaiwoo Ski Resort was driven by two motivations. Firstly, he wanted to indulge in his passion for skiing. Secondly, he aimed to realize a long-held aspiration—mastering the art of decoupling upper and lower body movements while skiing, a skill he had yet to acquire despite years of skiing at a merely average level. Zhou Hongyi further predicted that by 2026, the global count of intelligent agents would soar to at least 10 billion. In the AI landscape of that era, companies boasting a valuation in the billions would be regarded as relatively small players. This projection stems from the ongoing evolution of large-scale AI models. Historically, these models have primarily functioned as chatbots, lacking the capability to execute real-world tasks. Only through their transformation into intelligent agents can they be deployed and integrated across a wide array of industries.