Asia’s Manufacturing Strengths Position It Ahead in the AI Race, Says Granite Asia’s Jixun Foo

As the artificial intelligence race progresses beyond language models, Granite Asia’s senior managing partner, Jixun Foo, believes Asia’s manufacturing and supply chain strengths could provide a competitive advantage over the US. Foo is is quoted by Hong Kong”s South China Morning Post, and he highlighted Asia’s prowess in physical AI applications such as robotics and industrial automation, leveraging the region’s longstanding manufacturing capabilities. With breakthroughs in foundation models driving AI development, Asia’s integrated industrial base across mainland China, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia enables rapid iteration and large-scale deployment of AI-enabled hardware, positioning the region favorably as the focus…