Tencent cloud boss plays long game to patch 'leaky' AI ship

Tencent founder Pony Ma had called the company's AI effort a 'leaky ship,' as it struggled to catch rivals like DeepSeek. Lieutenant Dowson Tong proposed retooling to focus on business customers.

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