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# Sources: Tencent founder Pony Ma says in his annual speech that he is willing to deploy half of the company's 100,000\-strong workforce to AI\-native businesses \(Bloomberg\)

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**Published:** 2026-11-12T10:35:08.000Z
**Category:** Industry
**Topics:** llm, tencent

## Summary

Tencent founder Pony Ma said in his annual speech that he is willing to deploy half of the company's 100,000\-strong workforce to AI\-native businesses\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.techmeme.com/261112/p11>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/dmjk001/status/2120732409331146874>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/business/status/2120749691151233486>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/_FORAB/status/2120757068030525792>)
- [Story source](<https://huggingnews.com/ai/tencent-reassigns-half-of-its-100000-employees-to-ai-projects-2fd7125c>)
- [Story source](<https://marketbrief.now/ai/tencent-reassigns-half-of-its-100000-employees-to-ai-projects-2fd7125c>)

