Xiaomi Group President Lu Weibing responded to public attention in a Douyin live stream, revealing the group's AI strategic direction for the first time: Over the next decade, Xiaomi will heavily invest in the deep integration of "large models and physical scenarios," aiming to embed AI capabilities into "tangible" hardware and services. During the live stream, he confirmed that Luo FuLi has officially joined the Xiaomi MiMo large model team, becoming a key part of Xiaomi's AI talent strategy.
"In the past four quarters, our AI investment growth rate has remained above 50% month-over-month, and the results have exceeded the board's expectations," said Lu Weibing. Although the specific technical roadmap is still under confidentiality, he emphasized, "AI is no longer the responsibility of the software department, but a core KPI across the entire group." Regarding the market's focus on "hiring with a million-yuan annual salary," he did not directly respond to the figures, only stressing, "Lei Jun personally approved it, and we are willing to provide world-class platforms for world-class talents."
Luo FuLi wrote on her social media: "Joining MiMo, let's bring AI into reality." Insider sources revealed that the MiMo team will report directly to Lei Jun, with an initial team size of 50 people and an unlimited budget. The goal is to launch a multi-modal model with over 100 billion parameters by 2025, and apply it simultaneously to smartphones, cars, and smart home devices.
Industry observers pointed out that Xiaomi has the world's largest consumer IoT device pool (over 800 million devices). Once large models are deeply integrated with hardware, the data flywheel effect could become its unique competitive advantage. Lu Weibing finally revealed that Xiaomi will release an AI technology white paper in Q1 of next year, "to show the outside world our complete thinking on AI hardware, algorithms, and data as a whole."
