Baidu - About the company
Baidu is a public company based in Beijing (China), founded in 2000 by and . It operates as an AI-enabled keyword-based search engine. Baidu has raised $101M in funding from . The company has 99 active competitors, including 8 funded and 17 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Google, Yandex and Ask.
Company Details
AI-enabled keyword-based search engine. The platform gathers user behaviors into account and provides search results listing. Users can search for various information like web pages, news, weather, images, and more. It also offers products like Baidu PostBar which offers a community-based interactive knowledge-sharing platform, Baidu Encyclopedia which offers a chinese language encyclopedia, and more.
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- IT Cyber Office Space No.114,115&116, First Floor Tower B-4, Spaze I Tech Park,Sohna Road, Sector 49 Gurgaon , Gurgaon Unclassified HR 122018
Legal entities associated with Baidu
Baidu is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
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Mar 21, 2016 | - | - |
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Baidu's funding and investors
Baidu has raised a total funding of $101M over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on Feb 2000. Its latest funding round was a Post IPO round on Mar 15, 2021 for an undisclosed amount. 4 investors participated in its latest round, which includes Providence Equity Partners, Princeville Capital, IT Ventures and DFJ.
Baidu has 27 institutional investors including , Providence Equity Partners and .
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Baidu:
Date of funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post money valuation | Revenue multiple | Investors |
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Mar 15, 2021 | Undisclosed | Post IPO | 7967034 | 6748405 | CPE, IDG Capital, and |
Feb 26, 2010 | $50M | Post IPO | 8393906 | 7494010 | |
Jun 18, 2004 | $100M | Series C | 9991282 | 6893802 |
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Baidu's founders and board of directors
The founders of Baidu are and . is the CEO of Baidu.
Here are the details of Baidu's key team members:
- : Co-Founder & CEO of Baidu and founder of , ERNIE 3 0 Titan and ERNIE 4 0. Contact Info:
- : Co-Founder of Baidu.
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Baidu's employee count trend
Baidu has 45,887 employees as of Dec 18. The total employee count is 9.0% more than what it was in Dec 17. Here is Baidu's employee count trend over the years:
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Baidu's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Baidu include Google, Yandex and Ask. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Baidu, ranked by 秘密研究所 score:
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Overall Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | 秘密研究所 Score |
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1st |  Google 1998, Mountain View (United States), Public | A technology company offering products and services, including search, cloud computing, advertising, email, productivity software, and more | $35M | Greyrock Investments, Kleiner Perkins听&补尘辫;听 | 84/100 |
2nd | 2000, Beijing (China), Public | AI-enabled keyword-based search engine | $101M | 76/100 | |
3rd | Provider of an AI-enabled keyword-based search engine | - | Capital Group, Wellington听&补尘辫;听 | 72/100 | |
4th | Ask 1996, Oakland (United States), Acquired | Q&A based search engine | $25M | 71/100 | |
5th | Yahoo 1994, New York City (United States), Acquired | Online platform for news and insights | $6.8M | PSP Investments, Sequoia Capital听&补尘辫;听 | 69/100 |
6th | Naver 1999, Seongnam-si (South Korea), Unfunded | Keyword based search engine platform | - | Partners Investment, Shield Investment听&补尘辫;听 | 68/100 |
7th | Online media, search and game service company | $159K | Fuel Capital, 5Y Capital听&补尘辫;听 | 63/100 | |
8th | Provider of software development, cloud solutions, digital marketing, and other services | - | - | 63/100 | |
9th |  Bing 2009, Redmond (United States), Seed | Provider of keyword-based search engine | - | 63/100 | |
10th | Berlin based internet search engine for planting trees | $15K | 60/100 |
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Baidu's Investments and acquisitions
Baidu has made 96 investments in companies including INFIMIND and Infinigence. Baidu has also acquired 21 companies including GBI and GBI Health. Here is the list of investments & acquisitions:
Date of Investment/Acquisition | Type | Company Name | Founded Year | Location |
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Nov 12, 2024 | Investments | 2017 | Haidian, China | |
Dec 08, 2023 | Investments | 2023 | Xuhui, China | |
Mar 14, 2023 | Investments | 2018 | Shanghai, China |
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News related to Baidu
Media has covered Baidu for a total of 163 events in the last 1 year, 91 of them have been about company updates and 17 about partnerships.
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