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Awaira Score
85
Valuation
$30B
Total Raised
N/A
Awaira Score
85
Founded
2000
What They Build
Last updated: March 2026Baidu operates one of China largest AI research and deployment organisations, developing foundation models under the ERNIE brand, autonomous driving through Apollo, and AI cloud services through Baidu AI Cloud, spanning the full stack from AI research through consumer applications to infrastructure. The Beijing company was an early mover in deep learning AI research in China and has deployed ERNIE…
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What is Baidu AI's valuation?▾
Baidu AI is valued at $30B.
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Baidu AI has approximately 10000+ employees.
What does Baidu AI do?▾
Baidu operates one of China largest AI research and deployment organisations, developing foundation models under the ERNIE brand, autonomous driving through Apollo, and AI cloud services through Baidu AI Cloud, spanning the full stack from AI research through consumer applications to infrastructure. The Beijing company was an early mover in deep learning AI research in China and has deployed ERNIE Bot, its consumer LLM application, to tens of millions of users following its public launch.\n\nPublicly listed on NASDAQ under ticker BIDU, Baidu holds a market capitalisation implying a valuation of approximately $30 billion. The company AI division encompasses the ERNIE large language model family, which has been integrated into Baidu Search, cloud services, and enterprise applications, as well as the Apollo autonomous driving platform, which operates robotaxi services in Beijing, Wuhan, and Shenzhen and reports the largest autonomous vehicle deployment in China by total miles driven.\n\nBaidu competes domestically with Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance for AI cloud and enterprise AI market share, and with specialised foundation model startups including Zhipu AI and Moonshot AI for LLM API customers. Internationally, Baidu AI research publications and autonomous driving technology benchmarks are tracked by global AI researchers, though its commercial AI cloud services are concentrated in the Chinese market. The company strategic position spanning search, AI infrastructure, and autonomous mobility creates integration advantages that pure-play AI startups cannot match.