Unique Research · Insight / Unique Friend Q&A · January 19, 2024 · Guest: Lu Chen, tech partner, MarketEasy (市场易 / Custouch)
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Guest
Lu Chen — tech partner at MarketEasy. BS Shanghai Jiao Tong; PhD Clemson University (US). Prior: VMware, Ele.me, musical.ly, Dianrong — 10+ years in AI, big data, SaaS, and security.
Shanghai Guanglin Network Tech (光潾网络) sells digital-marketing solutions to B2B marketing teams. Its Custouch / MarketEasy intelligent marketing SaaS offers one-stop management of content, campaigns, leads, customers, and cross-team workflows for high-quality growth. In the AIGC era it ships AI copy assistant, AI poster assistant, AI marketing bot, intelligent marketing analytics, and is exploring Copilot / Agent solutions.
Q&A
1. Product and core scenes?
Live: AI copy assistant and AI poster assistant; building AI creative toolbox and AI marketing bot. Focus: B2B marketing. Core scenes: (1) help brands quickly generate outward content — copy and posters via GenAI text/image; (2) AI business consult for prospects so brands serve leads better.
2. R&D / GTM — 2023 challenge?
40+ enterprise users on trial, including well-known industry leaders. Big challenge: keep pace with AI change — miss a generation and the product in flight can be overturned.
3. Opportunities vs. past waves?
AIGC first made understanding and generating text, images, and video available via API — so founders can assist, replace, or cheapen work that once required humans. This wave has not yet minted a new mega traffic entrance; more often it upgrades existing products and fills scattered blanks that could not be solved before.
4. Challenges landing AI in China?
Regulation, security, and fast model iteration. Government stance is relatively positive — Lu is optimistic. Security covers data security and AI safety; both still uncertain, so watch continuously.
5. Competing with giants?
Deep industry thinking and cognition is the long-term edge versus giants.
6. Are LLMs still too weak?
Agreed. GenAI shows possibility, but hallucination and uncontrollability still block perfect scene fit.
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