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Baidu

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Chinese AI and internet company (NASDAQ: BIDU; HKEX: 9888) that operates Apollo Go, the largest autonomous ride-hailing (robotaxi) operation in the Eastern…

Track Baidu
Founded
2000
HQ
Beijing, China
Status
public (NASDAQ: BIDU; HKEX: 9888)

The verified answer

As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Baidu: 2 models, 7 deployments across 4 regions, $1.5B raised, 4 active incidents. 14 sources back the record.

Regulatory status1 Regulatory filing

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PublicNASDAQ: BIDU

CategoryWearable AI

Funding

$1.5B

Models

2

Deployments

7

Patents

4

Overview

Chinese AI and internet company (NASDAQ: BIDU; HKEX: 9888) that operates Apollo Go, the largest autonomous ride-hailing (robotaxi) operation in the Eastern hemisphere by scale and ride volume. As of late 2025/early 2026, Apollo Go had surpassed 17 million cumulative rider orders and expanded to ~22 cities worldwide, including Wuhan, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chongqing, and Hong Kong domestically, plus international operations in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

Baidu designs its own electric robotaxi vehicles (the sixth-generation Apollo RT6, built on its Apollo Galaxy / Xinghe self-driving platform, at ~204,600 RMB / ~$28,600 per vehicle, roughly half the prior generation's cost). Wuhan is its largest and flagship deployment (1,000+ vehicles), where Apollo Go reached per-vehicle profitability.

Baidu received China's first fully-driverless commercial robotaxi permits (Chongqing and Wuhan, August 2022). The company reports its driverless fleet averages ~10.14 million km between airbag deployments. Apollo Go has announced forward plans to scale to tens of thousands of vehicles across Chinese mega-cities and to expand into Europe (including a vehicle-supply agreement with Lyft, Aug 2025). Forward targets, not current deployments.

Verified record

Verified deployments
7 deployments on file
Active incidents
4 incidents on file

Valuation of record

DEPLOY VERIFIED
$12B (reported, approximate)as of Oct 2021

Priced roundApollo Pre-IPO Strategic Round post-money

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Key facts

Structure

Apollo Go is a division of Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU; HKEX: 9888), not separately funded

Service

Apollo Go, largest Eastern-hemisphere robotaxi op by ride volume

Cumulative rides (Q3 2025)

17M cumulative ride orders as of Oct 31, 2025 (Baidu Q3 2025 results); reached 22M by April 2026

Footprint

~22 cities (Wuhan flagship 1,000+ vehicles)

Flagship

Wuhan, fully-driverless, nearing/at per-vehicle breakeven (per SCMP)

Vehicle

Apollo RT6 (~$28,600/unit, self-built EV)

Cumulative public rides (Apr 2026)

Apollo Go public rides exceeded 22 million as of April 2026

Q1 2026 ride volume

3.2M fully-driverless rides in Q1 2026 (+120% YoY; weekly rides peaked over 350,000 in March)

Autonomous distance

Apollo Go fleets have accumulated over 330M autonomous km, incl. over 220M fully-driverless

Driverless operations

100% fully-driverless in all mainland-China operating cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Chengdu, Chongqing, Haikou, Sanya)

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wikipedia

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Data & sources

Company filings

2

Press releases

3

News coverage

1

Patent documents

4

Web sources

4

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Models (2)

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Current platform

Xiaodu Pro AI Glasses

The Baidu Xiaodu Pro is a camera-and-audio AI glasses product with no display, marketed explicitly as not being AR glasses, made through Baidu's Xiaodu Technology subsidiary. At 39 grams with titanium hinges, a Sony 12-megapixel camera shooting 4K photos and 1440p30 video, a four-microphone array, and prescription-lens support in Boston and Cat-Eye styles, it is built around Baidu's ERNIE large language model for first-person ask-about-what-you-see question answering, object and calorie recognition, encyclopedia lookup, audio and visual translation, and reminders. It is recorded as a new model under the existing Baidu company, which also develops the Baidu Apollo autonomous-driving brain in the registry. Its shipping status resolves an open question: first announced at Baidu World 2024 and slated for the first half of 2025, it slipped before going on retail sale on November 11, 2025 as the Xiaodu Pro on JD.com and Tmall at 2,299 yuan, roughly $322, with next-day delivery, so it is genuinely shipping rather than announce-only, placing it at commercial maturity as the newest of the Wave 3 glasses with no independent sales figures yet. The AI is primary and genuine, marketed as the first native AI glasses powered by a Chinese large language model with the ERNIE-driven assistant as the headline rather than veneer, though cloud-dependent. The ERNIE on-device-versus-cloud split, real-world assistant quality, and sales volume are not verified, and the original 16-megapixel specification from the 2024 announcement was superseded by the shipping Sony 12-megapixel camera.

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Current platform

Apollo RT6

Baidu's sixth-generation autonomous robotaxi, a purpose-built battery-electric vehicle (cross between an SUV and a minivan, with a detachable steering wheel) built on Baidu's Apollo Galaxy / Xinghe self-driving platform. Manufactured by Baidu without relying on a third-party automaker, at roughly 204,600 RMB (~$28,600) per vehicle, about half the cost of the prior generation. Powers Apollo Go's fully-driverless commercial ride-hailing service across Chinese cities and international markets.

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Relationships

IIDG CapitalInvestorSSoftBank Vision Fund 2InvestorBBaiduCustomer

Explainers

Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Baidu, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.

What are the main Chinese robotaxi companies (Baidu Apollo Go, Pony AI, WeRide) and how do they compare to US operators?
Three Chinese autonomous-vehicle operators run commercial robotaxi services at substantially larger scale than US peers: Baidu Apollo Go (commercial robotaxi in Beijing, Wuhan, Chongqing, Shenzhen, and additional cities); Pony AI (commercial services in Guangzhou, Beijing, and Shenzhen; NYSE-listed November 2024); and WeRide (commercial fleet in China plus international deployments in Abu Dhabi and Singapore). The Chinese commercial AV cluster operates at higher trip volumes, lower per-ride pricing, and broader city coverage than US peers including Waymo.Read the full explainer →
What is the Apollo RT6?
The Apollo RT6 is Baidu's sixth-generation robotaxi: a purpose-built, battery-electric, fully-driverless vehicle for the Apollo Go ride-hailing service. Note: this is a self-driving car, not Apptronik's Apollo humanoid.Read the full explainer →

Current leadership (2)

  • Robin Li Co-founder, Chairman & CEOsecondary-verified
  • Wang Yunpeng Corporate VP; President, Intelligent Driving Groupsecondary-verified

ArrivalsHaojun Wang from Pony AI, James Peng from Pony AI, Jennifer Li from WeRide, Liu Xianming from XPeng Robotics, Liu Xianming from Cruise, Tiancheng Lou from Pony AI +1 more

DeparturesHaojun Wang to Pony AI, James Peng to Pony AI, Jennifer Li to WeRide, Liu Xianming to XPeng Robotics, Liu Xianming to Cruise, Tiancheng Lou to Pony AI +1 more

Founders (1)

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Former / Previously (10)

  • Liu Xianming Researcher (former)reported, not verified
  • James Peng Chief Architect, AV unitsecondary-verified
  • Tiancheng Lou Principal Engineersecondary-verified
  • Haojun Wang Software architectsecondary-verified
  • Tony Han Chief Scientist, AV unitsecondary-verified
  • Jennifer Li Strategic investment directorsecondary-verified
  • Dr. Zhang Tianlei Founding member of Baidu autonomous driving teamsecondary-verified
  • Li Zhenyu President of Intelligent Driving Group (Apollo)reported, not verified
  • Zhu Lei (朱磊) Autonomous Driving Engineer (Apollo)secondary-verified
  • He Jiabin Interface Designer, Learning Labsecondary-verified

Safety record

4 incidents on record (3 serious, 1 moderate). Most recent: Apr 2026.

serious
3
moderate
1
regulatory action
1
malfunction
1
injury
1
other
1

Most recent: Apr 2026

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

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Incidents affecting Baidu (4)

Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Operator customers (1)

Brains developed (1)

Insurers & financiers (1)

Recent coverage

Baidu in third-party press

Autonomous & Self-Driving Vehicle News: Waymo, Google, Uber, Zipline, Pony.ai, XHEART, QNX, Baidu, TIER IV & Renesas

Aug 23, 2026

TechCrunch Mobility: The custom chip driving Waymo’s robotaxi ambitions

Aug 23, 2026

Baidu: GPU Cloud Revenue Jumps 283% As AI-Powered Business Reaches 50% Of General Business Revenue

Aug 21, 2026

Peers

126 peers across 3 segments. Every Baidu competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.

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autonomous vehicle(3)

  • AutoXdirect competitor(reported)
    strong
  • Pony AIdirect competitor(reported)
    strong
  • Waymoadjacent competitor(reported)
    moderate