{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"SmartGen in UK","provider_url":"https:\/\/ukschoolsearch.ai","author_name":"sguser","author_url":"https:\/\/ukschoolsearch.ai\/index.php\/author\/sguser\/","title":"Interview with Yifei Wang - SmartGen in UK","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"RuEKTlhnsS\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ukschoolsearch.ai\/index.php\/interview-with-yifei-wang\/\">Interview with Yifei Wang<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/ukschoolsearch.ai\/index.php\/interview-with-yifei-wang\/embed\/#?secret=RuEKTlhnsS\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Interview with Yifei Wang&#8221; &#8212; SmartGen in UK\" data-secret=\"RuEKTlhnsS\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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I&#8217;m Wang Yifei, founder and CEO of Aibuild, the company providing IT R&amp;D support for this AI-driven app. Eight years ago, as I was about to graduate from the University of Melbourne with a degree in Computer Programming and Software Systems, I took part in an exchange program at Peking University. My strong performance there caught the attention of an Imperial College London professor who happened to be teaching in Beijing, and he invited me to pursue my career in the UK. But because I still had so many unfulfilled dreams and ambitions in Australia, I had no choice but to let that opportunity pass\u2014a regret I&#8217;ve carried ever since. Eight years later, I&#8217;m honored to take on a brand-new AI mission, now as an Australian Global Talent (GTI) visa holder, an IT mentor at the University of Melbourne, and founder and CEO of Aibuild, a leading Australian AI company: AI should not be a dividend reserved for tech giants alone\u2014it is also a real business challenge and an intelligent engine for small and medium-sized enterprises. Through this mission, I aim to provide the technical support needed to rapidly develop and launch SMArt Gen in UK, an AI-driven app offering a one-stop service for young Chinese students studying abroad in the UK. Today I&#8217;d like to share three things that have resonated with me most deeply: moving from large-scale AI R&amp;D to empowering SMEs; achieving precise breakthroughs from massive AI models down to niche markets; and my journey from an unfinished chapter at Imperial College to a new venture in the UK. 1. From Large-Scale AI R&amp;D to Empowering SMEs \u2014 With SMArt AI Search, Even Small Businesses Can Plug In an AI Engine As an AI expert with a foot in both academia and commercial application, over the past eight years I&#8217;ve served as an IT mentor at the University of Melbourne while continuously pursuing academic research, all while leading Aibuild in turning that research into real-world commercial products\u2014with strong backing from the Australian government and the University of Melbourne. In just a few short years, we&#8217;ve participated in nearly AUD 20 million worth of Australian government-funded projects, spanning collaborative R&amp;D across sectors including aged care, education, real estate, and healthcare. The more deeply I invested myself, the more clearly I came to realize that AI, at present, remains largely the exclusive privilege of tech giants and capital. For most small and medium-sized enterprises, the barriers are steep: prohibitive costs (computing power, data, talent) that they simply can&#8217;t afford; technical barriers (patents, infrastructure, chips) that remain out of reach; and implementation challenges (customization, integration, maintenance) that leave them hesitant to even try. But as a true believer in AI+, I&#8217;ve always held firmly to this conviction: AI should not be the exclusive privilege of giants\u2014it is an opportunity of this era for every small and medium-sized enterprise; AI is not just a privilege of capital\u2014it is an innovation tool for every SME. And the emergence of SMArt Gen has given me the chance to prove this in practice: small and medium-sized enterprises, too, can plug in an AI engine. This is precisely why, no matter how busy I am, I make it a point never to miss any key stage of SMArt Gen&#8217;s R&amp;D process. 2. From Massive AI Models to Precise Breakthroughs in Niche Markets \u2014 With SMArt AI Search, Personalized AI Customization for Young Study-Abroad Students Is Within Reach From a graduate of the University of Melbourne&#8217;s AI program eight years ago to an IT guest lecturer at the same university today, I&#8217;ve witnessed the emergence and application of large AI models as a major milestone in the history of artificial intelligence. But it&#8217;s an undeniable fact that large AI models demand steep computing costs, talent costs, and data costs\u2014costs that remain out of reach for most small and medium-sized enterprises. Fortunately, I firmly believe that AI&#8217;s value isn&#8217;t reserved only for the &#8220;big.&#8221; For SMEs, the power of AI can be focused precisely and efficiently on specific niche markets. SMArt Gen is exactly this kind of &#8220;precision breakthrough&#8221; AI product. Its core AI technology, SMArt AI Search, doesn&#8217;t chase being large and all-encompassing in its models\u2014instead, it&#8217;s built around being &#8220;small and beautiful,&#8221; targeting the niche of young study-abroad students within the UK study-abroad industry, making personalized AI customization for young study-abroad services truly within reach. Beyond SMArt AI Search, another core feature of SMArt Gen\u2014SMArt VR Search\u2014is also a key focus of our R&amp;D. Using campus VR materials captured with the Otaro panoramic platform and 360\u00b0 VR cameras provided by SMArt Gen, we apply advanced VR technology to deliver users the best possible immersive VR campus tour experience. 3. From an Unfinished Chapter at Imperial College to a New Venture in the UK \u2014 SMArt AI Search, Aibuild&#8217;s Landmark Battle to Enter the UK Market Eight years ago, declining the invitation from Dr. Andras, a professor in Imperial College&#8217;s AI program, was indeed an unfinished chapter for me. Fortunately, SMArt AI Search\u2014developed by Aibuild, the leading Australian AI company I founded and now serve as CEO of\u2014has become the flagship project marking Aibuild&#8217;s entry into the UK market. SMArt AI Search is Aibuild&#8217;s first project in the UK market, and a fully committed innovative application whose significance extends far beyond the project itself. It represents an attempt to pave a path where UK SMEs, with a budget of just a few hundred thousand pounds or even less, can equip their business operations and project management with the same AI-powered engine that giants use. 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