AI search startup Genspark raises $60 million in seed round to challenge GoogleThe funding is led by Singapore-based fund Lanchi Ventures and valued the startup, currently without revenue, at $260 million. Lanchi Ventu...
19 Jun, 2024, 11.19 AM IST
China's Baidu launches $145 million venture capital AI fundThe company will also launch a competition for developers to build applications off its ERNIE large language model (LLM) or integrate the m...
31 May, 2023, 01.51 PM IST
From state media to a Shaolin temple, Baidu's ChatGPT-style bot sees partner rushMany other Chinese tech companies, big and small, have said they are working on their own ChatGPT products, including Alibaba Group and JD....
15 Feb, 2023, 08.19 AM IST
Chinese search giant Baidu to launch ChatGPT-style botChina’s largest search engine company plans to debut a ChatGPT-style application in March, initially embedding it into its main search serv...
30 Jan, 2023, 08.28 AM IST
Baidu's Jidu Auto to mass produce its 'robot' electric vehicles in 2023Jidu, an electric vehicle joint venture of China's tech giant Baidu and Chinese automaker Geely, would make EVs that are of the autonomous ...
27 Dec, 2021, 01.26 PM IST
China's Baidu to launch paid driverless ride-hailing services in BeijingBaidu's driverless Apollo Robotaxi, to be launched in the Chinese capital's Shougang Park, will operate without a safety driver behind the ...
29 Apr, 2021, 12.33 PM IST
Baidu's Jidu Auto to invest $7.7 billion in 'robot' smart carsXia Yiping said on Friday that the funding would come from Baidu and other investors and Jidu would aim to launch its first electric vehicl...
23 Apr, 2021, 04.02 PM IST
China's Baidu to create an intelligent EV company with automaker GeelyGeely will also be a strategic investor in the new company, which will be an independent subsidiary of Baidu.
11 Jan, 2021, 10.29 AM IST
Baidu plans smart EV company, to make cars at Geely plant: SourcesChina's Baidu Inc plans to form a company to make smart electric vehicles (EV), two sources familiar with the matter said, with manufacturi...
08 Jan, 2021, 12.23 PM IST
US firms dominate top 10 VC investors list in IoT tech space in 2018: GlobalDataThe investors participated in 52 funding rounds equating to a total proportionate investment value of US$350.2m in 2018.
27 Aug, 2019, 03.32 PM IST
Startup gets ready for factory robots working alongside humansVeo’s proprietary technology uses lidar sensors to create real-time maps of factory work spaces, so that robots can slow or stop completely...
27 Feb, 2019, 09.47 AM IST
China’s Baidu, Alibaba & Tencent scouting for Indian startups to invest inThe growing interest in India comes at an opportune time for BAT, with venture capital investors realigning their portfolios as startups ar...
23 Nov, 2015, 06.47 AM IST
Baidu in talks to buy majority stake in Mydala for $100 millionBaidu has expressed interest in acquiring majority interest in Mydala, India’s largest discount marketing firm, for as much as $100 million.
11 Nov, 2015, 04.01 PM IST
China’s search engine Baidu, conglomerate Fosun scouting to invest in Indian startupsBaidu is China’s most popular search engine. The company is listed on Nasdaq and has a market cap of $52 bn. Fosun is listed in Hong Kong.
04 Sep, 2015, 04.35 PM IST
China's Wanda in $ 800 mn e-commerce JV to challenge AlibabaChina's biggest property developer Wanda Group said it will set up an e-commerce venture at a cost of over $ 800 million with two other Int...
29 Aug, 2014, 07.00 PM IST
- Microsoft signs search pact with China's Baidu
Microsoft and Baidu agreed to bolster their Internet-search partnership in China as the companies seek to gain users from Google in the wor...
05 Jul, 2011, 07.03 AM IST
- Google, Bing out of race as China grants map service licenses
Google and Microsoft's Bing did not apply for the Internet map service licenses which was granted by China to first batch of 31 Chinese and...
09 Sep, 2010, 01.26 PM IST