Lenovo unveiled the next phase of its Smarter AI for All vision at the company’s annual global innovation event, Tech World in Seattle, Washington.
Lenovo showcased a comprehensive portfolio of AI solutions, services, and devices that deliver transformation and tangible return on investment to industries, enterprises, and individuals around the world, as well as announcing key new technologies.
Lenovo is further embracing hybrid AI with new technologies including Hybrid AI Advantage for enterprises, the latest ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 10 Aura Edition AI laptop, Lenovo AI Now local AI agent, and Lenovo Learning Zone software platform, next-gen Lenovo Neptune liquid cooling for servers and proofs of concept that harness AI for social impact.
Lenovo chairman and CEO, Yuanqing Yang was joined by AMD chair and CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, Intel CEO, Pat Gelsinger, Meta founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft chairman and CEO, Satya Nadella, NVIDIA founder and CEO, Jensen Huang, and Qualcomm president and CEO, Cristiano Amon.
“Building on the announcements from last year’s Tech World, we’ve been actively delivering on our hybrid-AI vision for customers and partners across the globe,” Yang said.
“We already see that AI is improving the quality of life for individuals and delivering higher productivity for enterprises – and Lenovo makes this paradigm shift faster, more accessible, more connected, and more sustainable. Our strategy is to combine modularisation with customisation, so that we can respond quickly to customer needs while tailoring our solutions for them.”
Hybrid AI delivering maximum ROI for businesses
Yang, in his keynote presentation with NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang, unveiled Lenovo Hybrid AI Advantage to empower organisations to turn intelligence into outcomes. Stemming from the expanded partnership announced at last year’s Tech World, the Lenovo Hybrid AI Advantage with NVIDIA is enabled through collaboration by the two companies across the full-stack AI portfolio and brings AI-powered compute anywhere.
The Lenovo Hybrid AI Advantage framework includes the new Lenovo AI Library, a comprehensive repository of ready-to-deploy AI templates that allow businesses to implement AI solutions with minimal complexity. The AI Library spans multiple industries and business functions, including marketing, IT operations, product development, and customer service.
The next era of Lenovo Neptune Water Cooling
Lenovo continues its commitment to secure, efficient hybrid infrastructure from edge to cloud, and setting the bar for sustainable high-performance computing (HPC) operations. A new family of ThinkSystem solutions offers up to 100% heat removal, including servers that supercharge efficiency to bring the NVIDIA Blackwell platform and NVIDIA GB200 to any size enterprise.
The sixth generation of Neptune liquid cooling systems is rolling out across the company’s partner ecosystem, enabling organisations to build and run accelerated computing for generative AI while reducing data centre power consumption by up to 40%.
AI devices, solutions, and concepts
Lenovo offers a diverse ecosystem of hybrid AI capabilities across the widest portfolio in the market from PCs, smartphones, mixed reality, tablets, and device accessories to servers, storage, and public/private cloud. Now, the infusion of AI delivers hyper-personalisation, ultra-productivity, and unprecedented data processing protection for work, education, and personal use.
By embedding AI across its portfolio, Lenovo aims to transform how people work and interact, streamlining processes, fostering seamless collaboration, and focusing on top-tier security. Lenovo AI Now is a local AI agent transforms PCs into personalised assistants, the new ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 10 Aura Edition AI laptop integrates AI-driven features for hybrid work, and Lenovo Learning Zone is an AI-powered personal educational software platform.
In addition, Lenovo showcased proof of concepts such as the codenamed Lenovo AI Buddy, a visual interactive module, as well as advanced technology demos, including Workstation AI solutions and ThinkShield AI PC security.