Can Baidu’s longstanding investment in AI — especially autonomous vehicles — drive its future?
Baidu Apollo's ride-hailing service, Apollo Go, in Shenzhen's Nanshan District. Credit: Baidu, Inc.
When Chinese leader Xi Jinping hosted a rare meeting with private sector business leaders last month there was one glaring omission from the guest list: Robin Li, the 56-year-old founder and chief executive of Baidu.
Baidu's SEC Form 424B4 prospectus form, filed prior to the company's IPO. Credit: NASDAQ
Once hailed as the “pride of China”, Li created Baidu as “China’s Google,” and the company was long recognized as a core member of China’s tech elite. In the 2010s, the s
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