Volker Pfirsching
Partner at Arthur D. Little
1 Article Published
Hangzhou East Railway Station in China, illustrating the rise of Chinese AI models in enterprise ERP.
Chinese AI Models Are Changing the Economics of AI in ERP
Chinese AI models such as DeepSeek, Qwen, and Kimi are giving European enterprises lower-cost, open-weight alternatives to US providers. Their rise could change the economics of embedding AI into ERP while increasing pressure on vendors to support more flexible, multi-model strategies.