Lenovo Group's Chief Financial Officer stated that to empower its range of devices and establish itself as a global player in the artificial intelligence field, the company is seeking partnerships with several major global large language model enterprises.
As the world's largest personal computer manufacturer, Lenovo plans to equip its entire product portfolio—spanning PCs, smartphones, and wearable devices—with artificial intelligence technology. Earlier this month, the company launched a cross-device intelligent system named "Kira," which can integrate with partners' large language models.
Lenovo CFO Winston Cheng, speaking on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, remarked, "Aside from Apple, Lenovo is the only company with a significant presence in both the PC and mobile device markets, while also operating within the open Android and Windows ecosystems."
He pointed out that Apple currently partners only with OpenAI and Google's Gemini, whereas Lenovo intends to sign cooperation agreements with a broader range of large language model developers.
According to Cheng, potential partners include Saudi Arabia's Humain, Europe's Mistral AI, and China's Alibaba and DeepSeek.
Cheng, a former technology industry investment banker who joined Lenovo in 2024 and became CFO in April 2025, stated, "Our strategy is that of a 'resource integrator.' We are not developing our own large language models but opting for a partnership model, primarily due to varying regulatory policies across different global regions."
Addressing concerns that soaring memory chip prices are pressuring the outlook for global consumer electronics manufacturers, Cheng responded that costs are indeed rising continuously, and the company plans to pass these additional costs on to consumers.
The technology firm, which also manufactures server equipment, entered into a partnership with U.S. AI chip leader Nvidia in January this year. The collaboration aims to help AI cloud service providers rapidly deploy data centers using a liquid-cooled hybrid AI infrastructure.
Cheng indicated that the two companies would focus on the "global deployment" of this technological capability, pursuing localized production, with potential future expansion into Asia and the Middle East.
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