On August 8, 2026, the 10th annual New Species Explosion · Wu Sheng Business Methodology Release 2026 convened at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Under the theme “I Carry the Universe with Me”, this year’s keynote address unpacked new insights into individual empowerment, business innovation, and scenario evolution in the age of AI.
Wu Sheng, founder of Scene Lab and originator of the scenario methodology, observed that every person carries multiple universes within themselves — each folded into daily life, ready to unfold in full at any moment. To “carry the universe with me” means distilling time-tested judgment, experience, and capabilities into a personal system that can be activated and deployed across contexts on demand.
As a core scenario partner brand, AAC was once again highlighted as a pivotal business case in this year’s presentation. Framing his analysis around how embodied AI can truly integrate into the physical world, Wu Sheng examined AAC’s perception capabilities, system-level strengths, and growing value as a key player in the AI supply chain.
Deep Accumulation Fuels Intelligent Growth: Equipping AI Terminals with “Organs of Intelligence”
“How does a robot hear, recognize, and respond to the world around it?”
This question cuts to the core perception challenge that embodied AI must overcome to enter real-world environments. When faced with ambient noise, varying distances, directional sound, and multi-person interactions, simply “capturing sound” falls far short. Perception, processing, decision-making, and feedback must operate as a seamless closed loop.
From this premise, Wu Sheng asserted: “Perception is the first principle of AI.” Without perception, intelligence remains confined to closed datasets. Only by building continuous, reliable perception of the physical world can AI terminals evolve into true “organs of intelligence”.
This is the path AAC has long pursued: translating physical-world perception into the language of the digital realm. Drawing on 30 years of deep expertise in the technology sector, AAC has built a perception ecosystem proven at massive market scale. As AI drives a new wave of scenario transformation, this system-level capability is expanding beyond traditional device boundaries into embodied AI, intelligent cockpits, XR hardware, and AI infrastructure.
AAC is extending the reach of its perception ecosystem through three landmark initiatives:
- Robotic Acoustic Solutions Tackling complex noise and interaction challenges in real-world settings, the solution combines adaptive noise cancellation, echo cancellation, intelligent sound pickup, and flexible acoustic pickup technologies. It enables robots to move beyond basic sound detection to accurate recognition and comprehension, opening a new gateway for natural interaction in embodied AI.
- NLC PRO Algorithm Powered by proprietary intelligent algorithm compensation, this technology overcomes the acoustic limitations of vehicle interiors. It integrates seamlessly with in-vehicle acoustic systems, AI independent sound zones, and RichTap® haptic solutions to deliver synchronized audio, light, and touch immersion, elevating sensory experiences to new heights.
- Liquid Cooling CDU Products Addressing the surging demand for AI computing power, AAC’s lineup of high-power liquid cooling CDU (Coolant Distribution Unit) products provides a robust “cooling foundation” for the stable, efficient operation of AI infrastructure.
From enabling robots to understand the real world, to reimagining sensory experiences in intelligent cockpits, to underpinning AI computing infrastructure — these seemingly disparate scenarios all draw on the same core capability set. Wu Sheng characterized this as AAC’s defining strengths: the migratability of its perception ecosystem and the power of its vertically integrated capabilities.
AI for AI: From AAC Inside to an Indispensable Perception Backbone for New AI Species
In 2025, Wu Sheng proposed that “AAC Inside” should become a trusted marker of authentic human-computer interaction experiences.
As the industry enters a new AI cycle, this marker is undergoing a far more ambitious evolution: AAC is shifting from empowering smart devices to empowering intelligence itself — the very essence of “AI for AI”.
“In the AI era, supply chain transformation must embrace a ‘slow is fast’ mindset,” Wu Sheng remarked. “Building an AI supply chain is not about slapping a new industry label on existing operations. It means redeploying supply chain capabilities built up over decades to meet the fast-emerging needs of the AI era.”
Anchored in its perception ecosystem and backed by vertical integration, AAC lays the physical groundwork for embodied AI and delivers critical supply chain capabilities that bring world models into real-world scenarios, serving as a vital bridge between digital intelligence and the physical world.
From AAC Inside to AI for AI, from enhancing perceptual experiences to forming the physical backbone of new AI species, AAC is turning its decades of system-level expertise into sustained, growing value for the AI era.
In the end, “carrying the universe with you” may be as simple as this: taking the capabilities forged through long-term presence, and unfolding them fully every time a new scenario emerges.
About New Species Explosion · Wu Sheng Business Methodology Release
Hosted annually by Wu Sheng — founder of Scene Lab and originator of the scenario methodology — the New Species Explosion is a leading annual business innovation summit held around the Start of Autumn solar term since 2017. Centered on a standalone keynote address, the event releases the latest findings from scenario methodology research and interprets emerging business innovation trends. It is widely regarded across the industry as an essential reference for understanding the evolution of China’s new business landscape.
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