Wang Ke, co-founder and COO of Zhixiang Future, said in an interview at CIFTIS that the company has surpassed 70 million global users, completed a 1.5 billion yuan Series C round two months ago, and raised more than 2.1 billion yuan in the past three months; HiBurst has become one of TikTok’s top five AI partners. He proposed the CHATS video agent evaluation standard, arguing that industry competition is shifting from parameter comparison to full-chain system delivery, and shared views on short-drama and advertising scenarios.
At CIFTIS, Zhou Liwei, national intangible cultural heritage inheritor of Gongcheng youcha, introduced a robot apprentice named 'Aibao' that assists with labor-intensive tasks such as pounding tea ingredients, combining modern technology with the protection of ancient intangible cultural heritage.
At CIFTIS on September 10, 2026, EY released an Agentic Enterprise Blueprint. Lai Fan, EY Greater China Director of AI and Data Advisory, explained the blueprint, proposing that enterprises move from 'bolt-on AI' to 'built-in AI'. EY also launched EY.ai Value Blueprints and a seven-layer architecture to drive scaled enterprise AI deployment.