# Digital Imaging

Can the App Survive the Agent? Meitu’s High-Stakes Gamble in the Age of Generative AI

Meitu, China's veteran photo-editing giant, is radically restructuring its business model to survive the threat of AI Agents by opening its core technology to the ecosystem and pivoting from a standalone app to a service-based infrastructure. The company has abandoned the general LLM race to focus on vertical AI applications and internal 'VC-style' rapid prototyping.