AI infrastructure company Vesl AI said on Tuesday it was selected for the World Economic Forum\'s Technology Pioneer 2026 list. The programme annually selects 100 technology companies expected to have long-term impact on society and industry. Selected companies take part for 2 years as official members of the WEF innovators ecosystem and gain opportunities to attend major global events such as the Davos Forum.

AX, or AI transformation, is not the same as a smart factory but the next stage after factory automation and data-based smart operations, the article says. It describes how LG Display applied its own AI production system across OLED processes, cutting design and quality-improvement times and saving more than 200 billion won a year. China is pushing a national shift and leads in WEF lighthouse factories. South Korea is supporting manufacturing AI projects and an alliance.