TL;DR: A Chinese AI company, Moonshot AI, just released Kimi 2.5. It features "Visual Agentic Intelligence"—meaning it can look at a video of a website and clone the code instantly. This marks a pivotal economic shift: The cost of Execution is dropping to zero. In this new era, "How" you build is irrelevant. The only thing that matters is "Why" you build.
James here, CEO of Mercury Technology Solutions. Hong Kong - January 31, 2026
At first glance, the release of Kimi 2.5 looks like just another LLM update. But if you look closer, it claims to possess "Visual Agentic Intelligence."
To test this, I showed it a video recording of the Apple official website and told it to "Copy this." It didn't just summarize the video. It wrote the code and replicated the website almost pixel-perfectly.
Then, I gave it a simple prompt: "I want to build a website for a Chinese New Year cookie business." It didn't just write the code. It handled the entire "Last Mile"—design, frontend, backend, and Deployment. It put the site live on the internet.
We used to call "Writing Code" or "Building Websites" a Skill. But Kimi 2.5 proves that this "Skill" was just a bottleneck. We are moving from an era of Execution to an era of Definition.
Here are the three massive logical shifts happening right now.
1. The Collapse of Execution Costs (Innovation at Zero Cost)
The gap between "Idea" and "Product" has effectively vanished. When a non-technical person can speak natural language and get 90% of the technical execution done instantly, the economics of innovation change.
- Past: A prototype required a dev team, 3 weeks, and $10,000.
- Future: A prototype requires one person, one afternoon, and a few cups of coffee.
The Impact: The cost of experimentation is trending toward zero. This means we will see a tsunami of micro-products and niche services that were previously too expensive to build.
2. Taste is the New "Full Stack"
If "Execution" is no longer a scarce resource, what becomes valuable? Taste.
AI can copy Apple's website code. But AI cannot copy Apple's Brand Strategy, its Design Philosophy, or its Cultural Resonance.
When anyone can use Kimi or ChatGPT to build a "decent" website in 5 minutes, the market will be flooded with "Average." To stand out, you don't need better code. You need:
- Deeper user insight.
- A unique commercial angle.
- Superior aesthetic judgment.
Human value is migrating from the "Execution Layer" to the "Strategy Layer."
3. The Rise of the "Super Individual"
We used to hunt for "Full Stack Developers"—unicorns who knew design, backend, frontend, and database. They were as rare as a teacher who taught Math, History, and English simultaneously.
Today, AI is your Full Stack Team. Kimi 2.5 (and tools like it) allows a single individual to wield the power of a 5-person agency.
- You are the Product Manager and the CEO.
- AI is the Engineer, the Designer, and the DevOps.
This will catalyze the era of the Super Individual. One person with clarity of thought can now out-produce a disorganized team of ten.
Conclusion: Move Upstream
So, what should you do? Stop obsessing over "How." Start obsessing over "Why."
If your job consists of repetitive, path-dependent execution (writing boilerplate code, slicing HTML), you are in the blast zone. Hand that to the AI immediately.
Spend your energy understanding:
- The Essence of Business: How to make money.
- User Needs: What people actually want.
- Decision Making: What to build (and what not to build).
When the cost of execution hits zero, the only thing that remains priceless is your unique Thought Process.
Mercury Technology Solutions: Accelerate Digitality.
