AI-ASSISTED
Better tools for individual tasks.
Person→Tool→Task→Manual handoff
The existing, human-centered process moves faster.
SEAFARINGAI / A NEW OPERATING APPROACH
AI-Native
Global Commerce.
We’re building a global commerce company with AI at its operating core.
Developing connected AI workflows to build and operate brands—and help selected partners expand across markets.
Our ambition: scale commerce faster than headcount.
Starting with TikTok Shop in Thailand and Malaysia.
OPERATING ARCHITECTURE01 / CONCEPT
02 WHAT AI-NATIVE MEANS
Not just AI tools.
An AI-native
operating model.
Using AI to speed up individual tasks is only the beginning.
We’re redesigning how commerce work gets done: connecting information, decisions, execution and feedback into repeatable workflows.
People set direction and handle critical judgments. AI and automation progressively take on repeatable work.
THE AI-NATIVE MODEL WE’RE BUILDING
A connected way of working.
- Human goals & guardrails
- Connected AI workflows
- Execution & measurement
- Review & iteration
Work is designed around AI capabilities, with people responsible for strategy, judgment and exceptions.
03 THE OPERATING MODEL
The operating model
we’re building.
Connected intelligence across the commerce lifecycle.
INTERNAL SYSTEM / ARCHITECTURE VISION
AI Commerce OS
The internal commerce operating system we’re building. Not a commercially available software platform.
Our current operating context is TikTok Shop. Short-video localization, creator collaboration, GMV MAX analysis, creative experiments and store operations inform the workflows we’re building.
01 →
Signals
Demand, product, content, advertising, orders and operational information.
02 →
Intelligence
Turn information into analysis, recommendations and tasks.
03 →
Workflows
Execute suitable work within permissions, budgets and approval boundaries.
04 →
Feedback
Measure results, flag exceptions, review with people and refine processes.
Market & Product
Market research, demand understanding, selection and product validation.
Creative & Localization
Scripts, short-video localization and creative iteration for TikTok Shop audiences.
Creator Operations
Creator discovery and collaboration, sample coordination and performance records for TikTok Shop.
Growth & Experimentation
GMV MAX analysis, creative experiments, budget monitoring and performance evaluation.
Commerce Operations
TikTok Shop operations, customer service, inventory coordination and business reporting.
The statuses below describe specific AI workflow capabilities, separately from our current commerce business. Planned architecture does not mean completed API integrations or fully automated advertising.
Human oversight is part of the system.
People set direction, product judgment, budget limits and partnerships. Critical budget changes, irreversible actions, external commitments, compliance matters and exceptions require approval or human takeover under defined rules.
AI-native does not mean fully unattended commerce, a proprietary foundation model, or handing every decision to AI.
04 BUILT IN REAL COMMERCE
AI-native ambition.
Real TikTok Shop operations.
Real TikTok Shop operations inform the model we’re building.
We operate products, serve customers, work with content and advertising, coordinate supply and take responsibility for commercial outcomes.
We’re progressively turning suitable, repeatable work into AI workflows, then validating those workflows in the business.
Our brands are real businesses with responsibilities to customers, product quality and results.
Real operating problem→Workflow design→Business validation↺
05 ONE CORE, TWO APPLICATIONS
One AI core.
Two commercial applications.
The AI-native operating model we’re building
A / OWNED COMMERCE
Building and operating
our own brands.
We develop and operate our own commerce businesses, applying AI and automation to real products, real operations and real customer needs.
Commercial businesses. A real environment for validating the model.B / GLOBAL EXPANSION
Helping selected brands
enter new markets.
We help selected partners launch and grow across markets through TikTok Shop and social commerce, combining hands-on operations with AI-powered workflows.
Explore global expansion06 SUPPLY & DISTRIBUTION
AI at the core.
Supply and distribution
as leverage.
Connecting real supply with real market demand.
Our operating model is being designed to coordinate products, content, growth and operations across that connection.
China’s supply chain
An important supply-side advantage, not a requirement that every partner manufacture in China.
Social commerce
TikTok Shop is an important current channel. Our long-term direction is to use channels that fit each business and market.
Local understanding
Product, content and operations need to adapt to the consumers they serve. Market fit comes before expansion.
07 OUR NORTH STAR
Our North Star.
A long-term ambition—not current performance.US$100M in annual revenue.
A five-person core team.
Our long-term ambition is to build an operating model where commerce scales significantly faster than the core team.
This is a long-term annual revenue target, not current performance. Revenue is distinct from gross merchandise value (GMV) and profit. The five-person core team would be supported by a wider supply, fulfillment and partner ecosystem.
08 COMPANY & CONTACT
Built around AI.
Grounded in commerce.
We’re building a global commerce company with AI at its operating core.
We operate our own commerce businesses and work with selected brands on global expansion. People remain accountable for product quality, critical decisions and commercial outcomes.
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