Tencent’s recent financial report data reveals the company’s ambitions in the field of artificial intelligence. In 2024, Tencent's investment in R&D reached an astonishing 70.69 billion yuan. This figure not only reflects the company's emphasis on technological innovation, but also demonstrates its strategic layout in the field of AI. In the past seven years, Tencent's cumulative R&D investment has reached 391.2 billion yuan, and this continuous high investment has laid a solid foundation for the company's technological accumulation and innovation.
In terms of capital expenditure, Tencent's performance is also impressive. The company achieved triple-digit year-on-year growth for four consecutive quarters, with annual capital expenditure exceeding 76.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 221%, setting a record high. This series of data not only reflects Tencent's huge investment in the field of AI, but also indicates the company's strong driving force in technological innovation and product research and development in the future.
Tencent’s layout in the field of AI has adopted a multi-model development strategy of “self-developed + open source”. The company's self-developed Hunyuan big model has launched two products, Hunyuan T1 and Turbo S. These products not only showcase Tencent's deep accumulation in AI technology, but also provide strong technical support for more than 700 application scenarios within the company. This multi-model strategy not only enhances Tencent's technical strength, but also provides more possibilities for the company's future product innovation.
In terms of ecological collaboration, Tencent's series of products such as Yuanbao, WeChat, ima, Tencent Documents have been batch-connected to the DeepSeek-R1 open source model. This in-depth integration not only provides users with a high-quality AI experience, but also further enhances the competitiveness of Tencent products in the market. Through this ecological collaboration, Tencent is building a more intelligent and efficient product matrix to provide users with better services.
Tencent Chairman and CEO Ma Huateng highly praised the company's AI strategy. He said: "A few months ago, we reorganized our AI team to focus on rapid product innovation and in-depth model research and development, increased AI-related capital expenditures, and increased our research and development and marketing efforts in native AI products." Ma Huateng's remarks not only reveal Tencent's strategic adjustments in the field of AI, but also show the company's firm confidence in future development.
Ma Huateng believes that these increased investments will bring returns in a variety of ways, including improving the efficiency of advertising business, extending the game life cycle, and creating longer-term value with the popularity of personal AI applications and the adoption of AI services by enterprises. This diversified return expectation not only reflects Tencent’s comprehensive layout in the AI field, but also shows the company’s profound insight into future market trends.
This series of strategic measures shows that Tencent is committed to establishing stronger technical strength and market influence in the field of artificial intelligence. Through continuous high investment, multi-model development strategies and ecological collaboration, Tencent is gradually building a more intelligent and efficient AI ecosystem, laying a solid foundation for future technological innovation and market competition.