Tencent fourth-quarter profit surges 90% as AI gamble pays off

Tencent fourth-quarter profit surges 90% as AI gamble pays off

Chinese social media giant Tencent Holdings said its fourth-quarter profit rose 90 per cent from a year earlier, aided by strong performance from its video-gaming business and more recent promotion of artificial intelligence (AI).

Profit for the three months ended December reached 51.3 billion yuan (US$7.1 billion), exceeding the consensus estimate of 43.9 billion yuan by analysts polled by Bloomberg.

Revenue grew 11 per cent to 172.4 billion yuan, beating estimates of 168.7 billion yuan.

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