The 'Delivery Era' of AI Office Tools: What Startups Should Fear and Embrace

When large models can write copy, make PPTs, and even generate code, what is the value of office software? Kingsoft Office CEO Zhang Qingyuan recently posed a core question: Will large models swallow software? For entrepreneurs, this isn't just theoretical debate, but an existential interrogation. My own team, while polishing AI tools, has repeatedly asked ourselves: Why do users actually pay? Is it for AI's capabilities, or for the final delivered results? The answer provided by Kingsoft Office—the "Delivery Era"—is worth every startup team breaking down and digesting.