At the same time, the Strategic Investment Department officially launched the group's in-house AI initiative.
We recruited a world-class engineering team from the Academy of Sciences and several leading universities, invested an initial one billion, and established an R&D center in Shoreline City.
It was the most important strategic investment the Ashford Group would make in the coming decade. If successful, the company would no longer depend on outside technology providers and would gain a decisive advantage in the smart home industry.
News of the shareholders' meeting and the South City operation quickly spread through the business world. The skeptics gradually fell silent.
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