Kai-Fu Lee Books

Kai-Fu Lee has an extensive history within the tech industry. He has a degree in computer science from Columbia University, and a PhD from Carnegie Mellon. He’s also worked as an executive for Apple, Microsoft and SGI. More recently, he was president of Google China before launching his own venture capitalist firm Sinovation in 2009.

  1. 1AI Superpowers

    AI Superpowers

    Kai-Fu Lee

    China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order

    4.3 (545 ratings)

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    What's AI Superpowers about?

    AI Superpowers (2018) takes a revealing look at the US and China as the world stands at the precipice of the AI economy, a multi-trillion dollar industry of algorithms and automation. As a tech expert and venture capitalist with experience in both China and the US, author Kai-Fu Lee guides us through the past to discover how we got to where we are and what to expect in the future.

    Who should read AI Superpowers?

    • Anyone curious about artificial intelligence
    • Executives interested in emerging markets
    • Futurists and technocrats
  2. 2AI 2041

    AI 2041

    Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan

    Ten Visions for Our Future

    4.2 (736 ratings)

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    What's AI 2041 about?

    AI 2041 (2021) is a provocative work of speculative fiction with analysis that explores the ways in which AI will shake up our world over the next twenty years. We’re just at the beginning of the technological revolution that AI will bring. By imagining what that future will look like, we can start preparing for the changes to come.

    Who should read AI 2041?

    • Entrepreneurs wanting to learn about how AI will transform the world of work
    • Sci-fi lovers interested in exploring techno utopias and dystopias
    • People curious about how societies are affected by changing technologies