DingTalk A1 becomes the first AI "recording secretary" at the China Entrepreneur Annual Conference

From December 5 to 7, the 23rd Annual Meeting of Influential Entrepreneurs hosted by *China Entrepreneur* magazine (formerly known as China Business Leaders Summit) was held in Beijing. The conference adopted DingTalk A1, DingTalk's first AI hardware device, along with DingTalk AI Transcription, to record the entire event and automatically generate meeting summaries—marking the first time in the summit’s 22-year history that AI has been used for full-session documentation.

First Entrepreneur Summit Fully Recorded by AI

The *China Entrepreneur* Annual Meeting of Influential Entrepreneurs, previously named the "China Business Leaders Summit," was launched in 2002 by *China Entrepreneur* magazine. Known as “China’s Davos,” it is one of the most influential annual gatherings in China’s business community. Founded in 1985, the magazine is directly managed by Economic Daily Press and is among the earliest publications in China named after “entrepreneurs,” enjoying wide recognition within the entrepreneur community. This year marks its 40th anniversary. Themed “Emergence·Infinity,” the summit highlighted explosive advancements in frontier technologies such as quantum computing, large language models, AI agents, brain-computer interfaces, and embodied intelligence in the AI era—technologies reshaping industries and redefining future lifestyles. Over three days, the event brought together more than 130 entrepreneurs and featured 38 speeches and dialogues, creating a technology-infused intellectual feast. All content was recorded in real-time by DingTalk A1 and DingTalk AI Transcription, signaling a new era of AI-powered meeting documentation.

Three-Day Continuous Recording, Instant图文 Summary After Each Session

DingTalk A1 and DingTalk AI Transcription are new products introduced with DingTalk's version 8.0 update. DingTalk A1 is the company’s first AI-powered hardware—an attachable voice recording card designed for smartphones that supports on-the-go audio capture, with AI automatically analyzing and generating meeting minutes. Within three months of launch, DingTalk A1 gained widespread acclaim for its performance and was hailed as an “AI office essential.” It has consistently ranked at the top of bestseller lists for voice recorders and 3C digital products on platforms like Tmall and Douyin, emerging as a breakout star among Chinese-developed AI hardware.

At this year’s summit, DingTalk A1 delivered uninterrupted recording throughout the three-day event without requiring any charging. Thanks to its powerful far-field audio pickup, up to 45 hours of continuous recording, and a standby time of up to 60 days, it clearly captured speakers’ voices from any location in the venue and instantly generated speech summaries.

Besides the hardware, attendees could also long-press the DingTalk app and select “New AI Transcription” to start recording instantly. The AI automatically organizes transcripts and notes, divides content into sections, and highlights key points. The newly launched图文summary feature generates a comprehensive “content overview” image, presenting everything from titles to structure at a glance, making complex information easy to understand.

One attending entrepreneur remarked: “DingTalk AI Transcription feels refreshingly innovative. It effectively solves the common problem of meetings yielding no tangible outcomes or follow-through. We plan to roll it out company-wide.”

Meeting图文summary generated by DingTalk AI Transcription

The organizing team also shared positive feedback, noting that using DingTalk A1 and DingTalk AI Transcription significantly reduced manpower and time previously required for traditional stenography and verification, greatly improving both operational efficiency and content production speed. “As a content team, we always strive for accuracy and immediacy in documentation. In the past, we needed dedicated personnel onsite to take notes. Now, with AI-generated summaries, the process is so much more convenient!” said a representative from the organizing committee.

Currently, DingTalk A1 and DingTalk AI Transcription have been adopted as next-generation meeting documentation solutions by numerous large enterprises and major conferences, including Fortune Global 500 member Xiangyu Group, health screening leader Meian Health, and Sungrow Power Supply, a global leader in photovoltaic inverters.

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