Wang Xing: AI Agent's Impact Greater than ChatGPT - Gap Between AI and the Internet "Like a Monkey and a Flower," Meituan Aiming to Build Physical World AI Infrastructure

According to 1M AI News's monitoring, Meituan CEO Wang Xing stated today at the 2026 Management Communication Meeting: "The impact of AI Agent on me is greater than the impact of ChatGPT." He described the difference between mobile internet and the internet as being like that between a rose and a peony, while comparing AI to the internet as "like the difference between a monkey and a flower, much greater in scale and impact." Wang Xing believes that AI is destined to create massive productivity and will definitely bring about significant changes to organizations and work models. Faced with the AI wave, the "only thing to do is actively embrace it."

Wang Xing used a metaphor to explain Meituan's AI approach: even if Einstein were a secretary and asked to book a restaurant, he still wouldn't know if that restaurant had available seats, "This is not an intelligence issue, but an information issue." The implication is that even a highly intelligent large model needs real-time data from the physical world, which is exactly where Meituan's long-term accumulation lies. Meituan's Core Local Commerce CEO Wang Puzhong stated at the same event that Meituan will firmly invest in its own large basic model, develop distinctive low inference cost models, and at the same time build the most comprehensive and accurate data foundation for the physical world, helping every merchant use AI assistants. Meituan had previously launched the AI search product "Wenxiaotuan" during the Spring Festival.

Over 2,000 managers participated both online and offline in this communication meeting. Wang Xing also requested the management team to "reduce the taste of formality," advocating for using direct names within the company and no longer addressing him as "Brother Xing."