Baidu

Also known as Bǎidù, Baidu, Inc., baidu.com, BIDU, BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. (Beijing), Baidu Group

Baidu, Inc. ( ; ) is a Chinese multinational technology company specializing in Internet services and artificial intelligence. It holds a dominant position in China's search engine market (via Baidu Search), and provides a wide variety of other internet services such as Baidu App (Baidu's flagship app for search and newsfeed), Baidu Baike (an online user created Wikipedia-like encyclopedia), iQIYI (a video streaming service), and Baidu Tieba (a forum platform similar to Reddit).

AI overview

Baidu is a Chinese technology company that dominates China's search engine market and offers a range of internet services including video streaming, online encyclopedias, and forum platforms. It matters because it is one of the world's largest internet companies and a major provider of online services to Chinese users, while also being a significant player in artificial intelligence development.

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Key facts

Company.name: Baidu, Inc.
Company.logo: Baidu.svg
Company.logo_upright: 1.1
Company.image: Baidu Technology Park at ZPark Phase II (20220502113650).jpg
Company.image_upright: 1.1
Company.image_caption: Corporate headquarters
Company.native_name: 百度
Company.native_name_lang: zh
Company.type: Public
Company.location_city: Beijing
Company.location_country: China
Company.area_served: Worldwide
Company.revenue:  billion (2024)
Company.operating_income:  billion (2024)
Company.net_income:  billion (2024)
Company.equity:  billion (2024)
Company.num_employees: 39,800 (2023)
Company.owner: Robin Li (18% equity; 59% voting)

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Company

BIDU, BAIDF

Industry: Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc.
Exchange: Nasdaq, OTC
State of incorporation: E9
Entity type: other
Jurisdiction: KY
Headquarters: 北京, CN

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Research organization · ROR

Type: Company, Funder
Founded: 2000
Location: Beijing, China
Also known as: Baidu Inc
Status: Active

Website →Wikipedia →ROR →

GRID grid.459383.0 · ISNI 0000 0004 4909 268X

Official website

百度一下

全球最大的中文搜索引擎、致力于让网民更便捷地获取信息，找到所求。百度超过千亿的中文网页数据库，可以瞬间找到相关的搜索结果。

baidu.com →

Link to the official site · 601 chars · not written by Vinony

Wikidata facts

Employees: 31000
Revenue: 18238000000
Official website: www.百度网站.中国
Image: Baidu Technology Park at ZPark Phase II (20220502113650).jpg

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Commons category: Baidu
operating income: 2307000000
search formatter URL: www.baidu.com/s?wd=$1&ie=UTF-8
net profit: 3255000000
Alexa rank: 3
Similarweb ranking: 6
inception: 2000-01-00
social media followers: 16200

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26 sections

Contents

History
Early development
2005: Public Listing on NASDAQ
2017: Launch of Autonomous Driving Business
2021: Hong Kong Secondary Listing
Robotaxi
Domain name redirection attack
Acquisitions
2024: Artificial Intelligence Launch
Name
Travel
Advertisements
Competition
Research and patents
Finances
Censorship
Controversies
Death of Wei Zexi
Commercialization of Tieba
DO Global subsidiary ad-fraud in downloaded apps
Block in India
2024 head of communications controversy
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Besides its core internet search business, Baidu has also diversified into other areas. Including autonomous driving (Baidu Apollo), smart consumer electronics (Xiaodu). and a full-service AI stack, including software, chips, cloud infrastructure, foundation models, and applications.