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Next-generation Agentic BI from Hengshi, Beijing.
Return to the Human and Value Foundation
Over the past year, the technology industry has been swept into both excitement and anxiety around AI. The capability ladder of large models keeps rising, and each new generation of agents redraws the boundary of what technology can do. Technological determinism has become loud, as if algorithms and code will redefine every business logic and every industry rule. Yet the deeper we stand inside this wave of disruption, the more sober we must remain: technology iteration is always a means, not the end. Human mind, creativity, and value judgment are the ultimate anchors of civilizational progress and industrial development.
Behind the excitement is a neglect of essence. The industry is immersed in the imagination that AI can replace everything. It marvels at AI’s ability to trace years of code history and automate large volumes of testing, but forgets that every AI capability comes from human creation and training, and every application ultimately serves human needs and human value. This is the greatest blind spot of technological determinism: treating technology as the only variable in industrial development while overlooking the ultimate mission of technology, which is to make human life better and industry more efficient. Technology without humanistic literacy is like a body without a soul. In the past, that may have meant shallow technical stacking. In the AI era, when machines have the ability to execute and make decisions autonomously, technology without human guardrails can easily rush forward in disorder and drift away from value.
For the ToB industry, this human foundation has a specific meaning: respect human value, stay committed to customer needs, and return to the essence of enterprise services. The core of enterprise services is never technical showmanship. It is using technology to solve real customer problems and create real business value.
See the Unchanging Business Essence amid Noise and Change
Since the start of the year, overseas market volatility and adjustments in the software sector have brought uncertainty to every Chinese ToB entrepreneur. Some have even begun to question the direction of the industry. But under the noise, we need to clear away distraction and see what is truly changing: the way technology is applied, the structure of teams, and the collaboration model between people and machines. What does not change is the core logic of enterprise services: customer value at the center, technology innovation as the driver, and business essence as the foundation.
Organizational restructuring in the software industry has become an unavoidable question. AI is deconstructing long-standing labor and cost problems with surprising efficiency. Formerly bulky functions and layered team structures are being replaced by elite teams working together with AI. The move toward leaner and more capable R&D teams has advanced faster than expected. The process can be harsh, but it is also an inevitable result of technological development.
Hengshi has felt this deeply in practical AI development. Technology development is moving from “building tools for humans” to “building tools for agents.” From Cursor and Copilot as collaborative assistants to OpenClaw as a developer’s “digital counterpart,” AI can trace ten years of code history, locate the root cause, and produce a fix plan in 20 minutes. It can also work overnight to convert 30% of manual test cases into automated tests. When an Agent-first CLI lets machines complete modeling, metric validation, and dashboard development autonomously, we can clearly see that AI has already entered R&D, product, and operations workflows as a real collaborator. It frees people from mechanical repetition, extends the radius of human capability, and lets developers focus on architecture decisions and value judgment, the creative work that belongs uniquely to people.
Anchor Technology Direction in Real Needs
AI can complete 80% of repetitive work efficiently, but it still cannot replace the 20% of key judgment that belongs to people. That judgment comes from business understanding, customer insight, and commitment to value. It is also rooted in the uniquely human capacity for humanistic and philosophical thinking.
No matter how AI iterates or how agents evolve, the market foundation will continue to revolve around enterprise digital-intelligence needs. At its core, this demand is the enterprise pursuit of efficiency, growth, and sustainable development. It is a fundamental proposition of human business activity and must be answered by solutions that combine human warmth with technical capability. This is also the confidence that lets the ToB industry move through cycles. Enterprise digital transformation is not a trend-following act. It is an inevitable choice at a certain stage of development. As uncertainty intensifies, this need will not stall. Instead, a stronger sense of urgency will make it more immediate, while its own momentum and rhythm continue to form the most stable foundation of the ToB market.
Hengshi has always believed that the enterprise-services ecosystem is determined by real market needs, not by one-way technology push. There is no reason for the ToB industry to structurally collapse, because it is rooted in core enterprise development needs and the era’s industrial upgrade. AI simply gives these needs a more efficient and more intelligent way to be met. From intelligent Q&A to Agentic BI, from natural-language interaction to headless architecture, every Hengshi technology breakthrough is designed to respond more precisely to customers’ digital-intelligence needs and enter enterprise business processes more deeply. Every Hengshi product upgrade comes from an accurate judgment of technical standards in the AI era: headless architecture and the modeling semantic layer are becoming industry standards, and Agentic BI is already the definitive form of next-generation BI.
Cross the Cycle with Long-Termism
Agents are a new form of population dividend in the new world. The explosive growth of interface calls they bring will far exceed the frequency of human operations. Products that agents can use smoothly will have the first-mover advantage in the new competitive landscape. Let machines do what machines are good at, let people do what people are good at, and let technology become a bridge between people and machines rather than a barrier. The rapid development of AI is an opportunity for industry reshuffling and a chance for Chinese ToB companies to overtake on a new curve. But seizing that opportunity requires clarity. Technology is the lever that moves the market, while value is the foundation that supports the lever. Scale is no longer the moat. Precise understanding of customer needs, sharp judgment of technology trends, and sustained team capability are the real core barriers for ToB companies.
In this era of human-machine coexistence, we do not avoid the challenges and risks brought by AI. The trial-and-error cost of early AI adoption, team adjustments caused by organizational change, and product innovation pressure from technology iteration all make the entrepreneurial path for ToB companies more challenging than before. But we are more willing to see the opportunity behind the challenge. Every intense industry change and disruptive technology innovation is an opportunity for excellent companies to stand out and redefine industry rules.
As a technology innovation company entering a new stage of stable operations, Hengshi continues to face these challenges directly. Technically, we keep exploring the boundaries of Agentic BI so products fit customer needs in the AI era. Organizationally, we are building leaner teams based on human-machine collaboration so the organization can adapt to the pace of technological evolution. Operationally, we stay committed to customer value, improve business operations, and keep the company moving with a stable rhythm amid change.
With Conviction, Move Toward the Next Journey
The storm has arrived. But for China’s ToB industry, it is not a disaster. It is a chance to wash away excess and return to essence. We must let go of the restlessness of technological excitement, abandon the obsession with scale expansion, recover the human foundation, and deepen value creation. The weak are trapped in anxiety and lose direction in the technology wave. The strong hold steady, keep their original intention, expand their boundaries, and find their own path in the era of human-machine coexistence. Technology in the AI era will ultimately move toward a balance between people and machines. The future of the ToB industry will belong to companies that keep their human foundation, uphold customer value, embrace technological change, and advance organizational evolution.
Let the storm come harder. We are ready. We will keep our original intention without becoming rigid, expand boundaries without losing direction, and move through the cycle together with Chinese ToB companies in this new era of human-machine coexistence.
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About Hengshi
Hengshi is committed to defining the next generation of Agentic BI in the Data + AI era. Its product HENGSHI SENSE serves as an enterprise-grade data intelligence engine, helping customers and partners build vertical-domain AI analytics agent applications without code.
Founded in 2016, Hengshi is the only domestic data analytics platform vendor focused on enabling enterprise application SaaS partners. Hengshi serves large enterprise customers including WPP, BMW, GAC Honda, Publicis Groupe, BlueFocus, Sinopharm, AWS, Totole, and Genki Forest. It has also built deep partnerships with more than 200 enterprise application SaaS companies, including Phoenix Contact, Synagie in Singapore, TravelSky, Sangfor, Kingdee Cloud, Inspur Cloud, Seeyon, Ti-Net, Baozun E-commerce, FXiaoke, EC, Mingdao Cloud, and Beisen Kuxueyuan, enabling built-in business intelligence to go live immediately.
