How Xiaomi’s push into AI, chips and EVs is future-proofing its hardware empire
How Xiaomi’s push into AI, chips and EVs is future-proofing its hardware empire
Publish Date: 2026-05-24 21:00:00
Source Domain: www.scmp.com
- Xiaomi is heavily investing in artificial intelligence (AI) to secure the future of its hardware empire, including smartphones and electric vehicles (EVs).
- The company recently introduced its latest AI model, MiMo-V2.5-Pro, which ranks as the top open-source model for agentic capabilities according to the Artificial Analysis benchmark.
- Xiaomi’s commitment to AI is underscored by its plan to invest more than 60 billion yuan (US$8.8 billion) over the next three years in developing advanced AI models.
- XiaoMi’s focus on AI is seen as critical for capturing new market opportunities, especially as AI becomes integral to consumer technology products.
- The MiMo-V2.5-Pro model also placed second and third in overall intelligence and coding tests on the Artificial Analysis benchmark, closely behind leading Chinese AI labs DeepSeek and Moonshot AI.
