Yuan Xin
Yuan Xin is a technology executive who currently serves as President of SAP Greater China, a position she was appointed to in March 2025. She previously held the role of President of Microsoft China from September 2022 until her departure in early 2025, and spent over two decades at Oracle in senior leadership positions. She holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from Beijing University of Chemical Technology and a master's degree in economics from the University of International Business and Economics.
“AI won't naturally help you repair the homework you didn't want to do. It won't naturally become good on its own... If you use the same thinking to guide the step we're now taking toward AI, you'll make the same mistakes you made in the past — like your foundation isn't solid, your data is messy.”
Source→“You can see the FDE model emerged — Palantir started it, right? But at that time the engineers going in were more focused on the data foundation... The two groups are competing for this work... I think in the end these two forces will merge into one more comprehensive capability person.”
Source→“My personal judgment is that technology is easier to supplement, because technology itself — the tide rises and lifts all boats, the base model's capability improvement will drive efficiency improvements... But for someone who understands models, getting them to understand how a specific business operates — that gap is still not easy to close.”
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