05/07/2026
Yesterday, i3 Business Solutions hosted Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Yan and his team from Kuse to review its AI offering "Junior".
Our president, Michael Ritsema, met "Junior" (AI) and Xiankun Wu at a Family Business Alliance event. They're in town for 3 days, so he asked them to stop by i3. We had lunch and it was a great time having the i3 team ask questions and learn from Wu and his team of AI geniuses.
Wu is part of a new class of founders pushing agentic AI + autonomous workforce models, not just copilots. His core philosophy is that AI should move from "tools" to "workers", freeing humans for higher level creativity.
He has a strong AI/startup pedigree:
- Co-founder of rct AI (Y Combinator–backed, raised ~$40M+)
- Built earlier ventures like Readabroad
Recognized globally:
- Forbes 30 Under 30 (Asia & China)
Wu + Kuse + Junior represent a major shift:
Traditional AI Model --> Tools assist people
Kuse Model --> AI becomes a workforce layer
The fascinating takeaways from the i3 team:
1. This is closest to “AI staffing” vs software licensing
2. Competes directionally with:
- Microsoft Copilot (but more autonomous)
- Devin / Cognition Labs
- Agent frameworks (AutoGPT-style), but productized
Biggest enterprise implications:
- Governance (who’s accountable?)
- Identity (AI identity in Entra/AD?)
- Compliance (audit trails, decision authority)
- Workforce economics (AI vs FTE cost curves)
Our i3 team focuses on Automation, AI & Productivity Enablement. For us, that means business automation and AI services leveraging Microsoft Copilot, Power Automate, Teams agents, and workflow optimization.
When we say "technology marches on", Wu and his team certainly are at the front of that line!
