South China Morning Post•2h agoSource

Black Lake CEO’s strategy to sell AI solutions to factories: turn to food couriers

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Zhou Yuxiang, CEO of Shanghai-based Black Lake Technologies, adopted an unconventional strategy to sell AI automation solutions to Chinese family-run factories by hiring food delivery workers as salespeople. The sales team, recruited from industrial cities, underwent a five-day boot camp to learn how to pitch AI for manufacturing pain points. Zhou praised their street smarts, highlighting the innovative approach to reaching millions of small factories that are typically hard to access.

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Boosts Chinese manufacturing efficiency

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Black Lake Technologies is headquartered in Shanghai.

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Zhou Yuxiang described the food couriers as 'very street-smart'.

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Boosts Chinese manufacturing efficiency
Could widen technology gap with other nations

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When Zhou Yuxiang, founder and CEO of Shanghai-headquartered Black Lake Technologies, wanted to sell his artificial intelligence (AI) automation solutions to millions of family-run factories across China, he came up with an unconventional strategy: hiring food delivery workers to make sales.

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Zhou Yuxiang described the food couriers as 'very street-smart'.

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Zhou Yuxiang is the founder and CEO of Black Lake Technologies.

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Black Lake Technologies is headquartered in Shanghai.

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Black Lake Technologies sells AI automation solutions to family-run factories across China.

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Zhou Yuxiang hired food delivery workers to make sales for his AI solutions.

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The sales team, hired from industrial cities, underwent a five-day boot camp.

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The boot camp trained them to articulate how AI solves specific manufacturing pain points.

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