Employees
7.5k
Overview
Baidu's open autonomous driving and robotics platform. RT-Detr vision models for robot perception. Powers Apollo Go robotaxi service.
Reality check
Driving stack (company-claimed)
Urban, highway and parking assistance built on an L4 base, shipping as L2+ features.
RT6 system (company-claimed)
Sixth-gen system with redundant perception, compute, localization, steering and braking.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Partnerships
Every company Baidu Apollo has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Uber x Baidu Apollo robotaxi Dubai2026-08-21with Uberjust announced
Relationships
Explainers
Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Baidu Apollo, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.
Which robotaxi is most deployed?
Which robotaxi is safest?
Current leadership (3)
- Robin Li CEO (Baidu)secondary-verified
- Wang Yunpeng Corporate Vice President of Baidu & President of Intelligent Driving Group (IDG), Head of Baidu Apollosecondary-verified
- Robin Li Foundersecondary-verified
Founders (3)
Former / Previously (1)
- Eric Xu Co-founder (Baidu)secondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Baidu Apollo.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Baidu Apollo in third-party press
Mentioned on (3)
Registry pages whose text names Baidu Apollo.
Robots and products (1)
People (1)
Financial state
- Employees
- 7,500
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
2 total · 1 operating · 1 just announced
Every company Baidu Apollo has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Uber x Baidu Apollo robotaxi Dubai2026-08-21with Uberjust announced
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- baidu-apollo x nvidiawithNVIDIA132technology—operating
- deployment2026-08-21just announced
Funding rounds (1)
- IPO2005-08-05
$109M(reported)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 9, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (3)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-12
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-12
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Baidu Apollo.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Baidu Apollo from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Baidu Apollo Go RT6 goes fully driverless on Uber in Dubai
Uber Apollo Go making Dubai the first multi-partner AV deployment shows Uber aggregating autonomous fleets as a competitive advantage The post Baidu Apollo Go RT6 goes fully…
Will Baidu’s (BIDU) Apollo Go Right-Hand-Drive Trials Reshape Its Global AI Mobility Narrative?
Baidu Begins Testing Robotaxis In London
Baidu Apollo Go Arrives in London: Chinese Intelligence Law Is Already on Board
Freenow and Apollo Go launch London robotaxi trial
Apollo Go Begins Autonomous Vehicle Road Testing in London
Lyft and Baidu to commence autonomous vehicle testing in London
Baidu's Apollo Go and Freenow by Lyft Begin Road Testing in London
London's Brent borough starts autonomous tests ahead of planned 2027 rides
Baidu's Apollo Go to explore deploying autonomous vehicles in Kazakhstan, marking first Chinese self-driving service in Central Asia
Baidu Apollo Go Tops Waymo in New Global Robotaxi Index
Baidu’s (BIDU) Apollo Go Partners With PostBus to Launch Autonomous Driving Trials in Switzerland
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/baidu-apollo.md
- RSS feed: /companies/baidu-apollo/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/4c0633c4-17a0-4e2a-9196-cb0fbbc607af
- Revision history: /companies/baidu-apollo/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Baidu Apollo against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Funding runway warrants monitoring: last known round 259 months ago.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 11, 2026