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title: "Baidu: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Baidu, Inc. is a Chinese multinational technology company specializing in Internet services and artificial intelligence."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-baidu
type: Organization
wikidata: Q14772
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baidu
website: https://www.baidu.com/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Baidu

> Baidu, Inc. is a Chinese multinational technology company specializing in Internet services and artificial intelligence.

Read on the web: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-baidu

## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: People's Republic of China
- Founded: 2000-01-01
- Headquarters: Beijing
- Status: public
- Website: https://www.baidu.com/
- Employees: 31,000 (as of 2024-01-01)
- Also known as: Bǎidù, Baidu, Inc., baidu.com, BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. (Beijing), BIDU, Baidu Group
- Industries: Internet

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/Baidu_Inc
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm08TSsp87RRfn9SB_khuUQ
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Baiduers
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/baiducompany

## Key people

- Robin Li, founder (billionaire businessman and entrepreneur)
- Robin Li, director (billionaire businessman and entrepreneur)
- Andrew Y. Ng (American artificial intelligence researcher)
- Jennifer Li (Chinese business executive)
- Qi Lu (Chinese computer scientist, chief operating officer of Baidu)
- Ya-Qin Zhang (Chinese scientist (born 1966))

## Revenue

- 2009-01-01: USD 651.6 million (Wikidata)
- 2010-01-01: USD 1.2 billion (Wikidata)
- 2011-01-01: USD 2.3 billion (Wikidata)
- 2012-01-01: USD 3.6 billion (Wikidata)
- 2013-01-01: USD 5.3 billion (Wikidata)
- 2014-01-01: USD 7.9 billion (Wikidata)
- 2015-01-01: USD 10.2 billion (Wikidata)
- 2016-01-01: USD 10.2 billion (Wikidata)
- 2017-01-01: USD 13 billion (Wikidata)
- 2018-01-01: USD 14.9 billion (Wikidata)
- 2019-01-01: USD 15.4 billion (Wikidata)
- 2020-01-01: USD 16.4 billion (Wikidata)
- 2021-01-01: USD 19.5 billion (Wikidata)
- 2022-01-01: USD 17.9 billion (Wikidata)
- 2023-01-01: CNY 134.6 billion (Wikidata)
- 2024-01-01: USD 18.2 billion (Wikidata)

## Ownership

Subsidiaries: [iQIYI](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-iqiyi.md), [Qimao Novels](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-qimao-novels.md)

## Products

- software
- search engine

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Baidu, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-baidu#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14772, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baidu
- Filings: SEC EDGAR, https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001329099

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