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Kuo Zhang

Small business owners: your co-founder will be an AI agent

Kuo Zhang (Credit: Alibaba)

When we think of AI, we often picture Silicon Valley giants or futuristic sci-fi movies. But in the arena of global trade and e-commerce, AI is no longer a futuristic concept — it’s rewriting the rules of global trade and reshaping competition. Across Alibaba.com’s findings from over 20,000 submissions to its CoCreate Pitch entrepreneurship competition, over 60% of U.S. small businesses plan to adopt AI tools in 2025.

Why? Because AI isn’t a trend—it’s a tsunami, and ignoring it could be the end for many.

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