Releases
81 matching — model launches, API releases, product updates, financial events and news.
October 20261
Oct 2, 2026
Baidu market capitalization reaches $28.81BValuation
Baidu's Nasdaq market capitalization was $28.81B at the latest market close before October 5, 2026.
August 20261
Aug 18, 2026
Baidu AI Cloud Infra reports RMB7.3B Q2 revenueRevenue disclosure
Baidu reported AI Cloud Infrastructure revenue of RMB7.3B for Q2 2026, up 50% year over year.
June 20264
Jun 2026
Apollo Go begins London open-road testing with Uber and LyftPartnership
Apollo Go began London road tests through mobility-platform partnerships.
Jun 2026
Apollo Go launches fully driverless commercial service in DubaiProduct launch
Apollo Go launched fully driverless commercial operations in Dubai, including availability through Uber.
Jun 25, 2026
ERNIE web service upgrades to unified experienceFeature update
Baidu moved ERNIE web services to an upgraded site with chat, creation and web-search capabilities.
Jun 2026
DuMate enterprise edition launchesProduct launch
Baidu released an enterprise edition of its general-purpose productivity agent.
May 20262
May 18, 2026
Baidu AI Cloud Infra reports RMB8.8B Q1 revenueRevenue disclosure
Baidu reported AI Cloud Infrastructure revenue of RMB8.8B for Q1 2026, up 79% year over year.
May 9, 2026
ERNIE 5.1 releasedModel release
Baidu released a more compact flagship model with stronger agents, reasoning and creative abilities.
April 20264
Apr 15, 2026
ERNIE-Image releasedOpen weights
Baidu released an open-weight 8B DiT text-to-image model.
Apr 2026
Famou Agent 2.0 launchesFeature update
Baidu upgraded its self-evolving agent and reported state-of-the-art MLE-Bench performance.
Apr 2026
Miaoda 3.0 launchesFeature update
Baidu expanded Miaoda with enterprise and mobile editions and standalone application generation.
Apr 2026
GenFlow 4.0 launchesFeature update
Baidu upgraded GenFlow's multi-agent productivity capabilities.
March 20261
Mar 2026
DuMate launchesProduct launch
Baidu launched a general-purpose agent for multi-step productivity workflows.
February 20261
Feb 6, 2026
ERNIE 5.0 officially releasedModel release
Baidu released a 2.4T-parameter unified model trained jointly across text, image, video and audio.
January 20262
Jan 29, 2026
PaddleOCR-VL-1.5 releasedOpen weights
Baidu released an upgraded 0.9B document-parsing vision-language model.
Jan 2, 2026
Baidu proposes Kunlunxin spin-off and listingAnnouncedIPO
Baidu announced a proposed spin-off and separate listing of its Kunlunxin AI-chip business.
December 20251
Dec 2025
Personal Super Intelligence Business Group establishedEvent
Baidu integrated Wenku and Baidu Drive into a new group focused on AI application innovation.
November 20253
Nov 13, 2025
Qianfan becomes agent-centricFeature update
Baidu upgraded Qianfan with stronger model services and enterprise agent-development infrastructure.
Nov 13, 2025
Famou Agent launchesProduct launch
Baidu introduced a self-evolving machine-learning engineering agent.
Nov 11, 2025
ERNIE 4.5 VL 28B A3B Thinking releasedOpen weights
Baidu released a sparse multimodal reasoning model activating only 3B parameters.
October 20251
Oct 16, 2025
PaddleOCR-VL releasedOpen weights
Baidu released a compact multilingual vision-language model for document parsing.
September 20251
Sep 12, 2025
ERNIE 4.5 receives PLAS sparse-attention updateModel update
Baidu introduced a sparse-attention inference update for faster long-context performance.
August 20251
Aug 2025
GenFlow launchesProduct launch
Baidu Wenku and Baidu Drive launched a multi-agent productivity platform.
July 20251
Jul 2025
Baidu Digital Employee launchesProduct launch
Baidu introduced enterprise AI agents designed as role-specific digital workers.
June 20251
Jun 30, 2025
ERNIE 4.5 family open weights releasedOpen weights
Baidu open-sourced ten ERNIE 4.5 variants spanning dense and mixture-of-experts text and vision-language models.
April 20255
Apr 25, 2025
ERNIE X1 Turbo launchesModel release
Baidu released an enhanced and lower-cost reasoning model.
Apr 25, 2025
ERNIE 4.5 Turbo launchesModel release
Baidu released an enhanced ERNIE 4.5 with improved performance and lower pricing.
Apr 2025
PaddlePaddle 3.0 releasedFeature update
Baidu officially released version 3.0 of its deep-learning framework.
Apr 2025
Kunlunxin P800 accelerator enters Baidu infrastructureProduct launch
Baidu deployed its P800 accelerator in AI computing services.
Apr 1, 2025
ERNIE Bot becomes freePricing change
Baidu made access to its latest ERNIE models free on PC and mobile.
March 20252
Mar 16, 2025
ERNIE X1 reasoning model launchesModel release
Baidu released its first deep-thinking reasoning model.
Mar 16, 2025
ERNIE 4.5 launchesModel release
Baidu released its first flagship native multimodal foundation model.
November 20241
Nov 12, 2024
Miaoda launchesProduct launch
Baidu launched a no-code platform for generating applications from natural language.
June 20242
Jun 28, 2024
ERNIE 4.0 Turbo launchesModel release
Baidu released a faster and more capable version of ERNIE 4.0.
Jun 28, 2024
Baidu Comate upgraded and rebranded Wenxin KuaiMaFeature update
Baidu upgraded its AI coding assistant and repositioned it for enterprise and developer workflows.
May 20241
May 15, 2024
Apollo ADFM introducedModel release
Baidu introduced its Autonomous Driving Foundation Model for Level 4 driving systems.
November 20232
Nov 21, 2023
ERNIE API fully opens to cloud enterprisesAPI release
Baidu fully opened ERNIE APIs to enterprise customers through AI Cloud.
Nov 1, 2023
ERNIE Bot 4.0 subscription beginsPricing change
Baidu began charging a subscription for public access to ERNIE 4.0 through ERNIE Bot.
October 20231
Oct 17, 2023
ERNIE 4.0 launchesModel release
Baidu launched ERNIE 4.0 with upgraded comprehension, reasoning, generation and memory.
September 20232
Sep 5, 2023
Qianfan ModelBuilder launchesProduct launch
Baidu launched tools for fine-tuning and managing custom enterprise foundation models.
Sep 5, 2023
Qianfan AppBuilder launchesProduct launch
Baidu launched low-code tools for building enterprise generative-AI applications.
August 20231
Aug 31, 2023
ERNIE Bot opens to the publicProduct launch
Baidu opened ERNIE Bot broadly after completing required generative-AI filings.
May 20232
May 23, 2023
Baidu Wenku gains AI-native creation toolsFeature update
Baidu began transforming Wenku into an ERNIE-powered document and creativity platform.
May 2023
ERNIE 3.5 launchesModel release
Baidu introduced ERNIE 3.5 as the new foundation model powering ERNIE Bot.
April 20231
Apr 2023
Baidu Comate coding assistant launchesProduct launch
Baidu launched an ERNIE-powered enterprise coding assistant.
March 20232
Mar 27, 2023
Qianfan enterprise model platform launchesProduct launch
Baidu AI Cloud launched Qianfan as an enterprise foundation-model and application-development platform.
Mar 16, 2023
ERNIE Bot unveiledProduct launch
Baidu unveiled its generative conversational assistant, Wenxin Yiyan/ERNIE Bot.
August 20221
Aug 2022
Wenxin Yige AI art platform launchesProduct launch
Baidu launched an ERNIE-powered AI art and creative-generation service.
July 20221
Jul 21, 2022
Apollo RT6 robotaxi unveiledProduct launch
Baidu unveiled its sixth-generation purpose-built autonomous vehicle.
May 20221
May 2022
FastDeploy toolkit releasedSDK release
Baidu released an inference and deployment toolkit for AI models.
August 20211
Aug 18, 2021
Kunlun II enters mass productionProduct launch
Baidu said its second-generation Kunlun AI chip had entered mass production.
July 20211
Jul 6, 2021
ERNIE 3.0 research releasedResearch paper
Baidu published its unified framework for knowledge-enhanced language understanding and generation.
March 20211
Mar 23, 2021
Baidu completes Hong Kong secondary listingIPO
Baidu's Class A ordinary shares began trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under 9888.
October 20201
Oct 10, 2020
Apollo Go opens robotaxi service to Beijing publicProduct launch
Baidu opened Apollo Go autonomous ride-hailing to public users in Beijing.
January 20201
2020
PaddleNLP toolkit launchesSDK release
Baidu released its open NLP development library for PaddlePaddle.
August 20191
Aug 2019
PaddleOCR project launchesSDK release
Baidu released an open OCR toolkit built on PaddlePaddle.
July 20191
Jul 29, 2019
ERNIE 2.0 research releasedResearch paper
Baidu published a continual pre-training framework for incremental multi-task learning.
March 20192
Mar 16, 2019
ERNIE 1.0 releasedModel release
Baidu released its first knowledge-enhanced language representation model.
Mar 16, 2019
ERNIE foundation-model family introducedResearch paper
Baidu introduced knowledge-enhanced pre-training through ERNIE.
July 20186
Jul 4, 2018
First-generation Kunlun chip announcedProduct launch
Baidu announced its first Kunlun AI accelerator for cloud and edge workloads.
Jul 4, 2018
Baidu announces Kunlun AI accelerator architectureProduct launch
Baidu introduced its in-house Kunlun AI computing architecture.
Jul 4, 2018
Baidu Machine Learning platform launchesProduct launch
Baidu launched a full-featured machine-learning platform for algorithm developers.
Jul 4, 2018
Apollo 3.0 releasedFeature update
Apollo 3.0 added production support for autonomous minibuses, delivery vehicles and valet parking.
Jul 4, 2018
Baidu AI Studio launchesProduct launch
Baidu launched a PaddlePaddle development and education platform for model building.
Jul 4, 2018
Baidu Brain 3.0 releasedFeature update
Baidu Brain 3.0 added multimodal semantic understanding and more than 110 AI capabilities.
April 20181
Apr 19, 2018
Apollo 2.5 releasedFeature update
Apollo 2.5 added high-speed-road support, lower costs, developer improvements and ApolloScape datasets.
January 20181
Jan 8, 2018
Apollo 2.0 releasedFeature update
Apollo 2.0 added cloud services, reference hardware and vehicle platforms for simple urban roads.
November 20172
Nov 16, 2017
DuerOS 2.0 releasedFeature update
Baidu upgraded DuerOS with expanded conversational AI capabilities.
Nov 2017
EasyDL no-code AI toolkit launchesProduct launch
Baidu launched a no-code interface for training and deploying custom AI models.
July 20171
Jul 5, 2017
Apollo Pilot introducedProduct launch
Baidu introduced a production-oriented intelligent-driving solution for automakers.
April 20171
Apr 19, 2017
Project Apollo announcedProduct launch
Baidu announced its open autonomous-driving platform.
January 20172
Jan 5, 2017
Xiaodu assistant debuts with DuerOSProduct launch
Baidu introduced its voice-assistant experience powered by DuerOS.
Jan 5, 2017
DuerOS launchesProduct launch
Baidu introduced its conversational AI operating system for devices and services.
September 20162
Sep 2016
Baidu Brain open AI platform launchesProduct launch
Baidu launched its core AI technology engine and open-capability platform.
Sep 2016
PaddlePaddle open-sourcedOpen weights
Baidu opened PaddlePaddle to the global developer community for deep learning, vision, speech and NLP.
December 20151
Dec 2015
Baidu autonomous-driving project completes road testsEvent
Baidu reported a milestone in fully autonomous road testing under complex conditions.
July 20151
Jul 2015
Baidu begins AI cloud businessProduct launch
Baidu began building enterprise cloud services that evolved into Baidu AI Cloud.
May 20141
May 2014
Baidu opens Silicon Valley AI LabEvent
Baidu opened its Silicon Valley AI Lab to expand foundational AI research.
January 20131
Jan 2013
Baidu Institute of Deep Learning establishedEvent
Baidu established its Institute of Deep Learning, later known as the Beijing Deep Learning Lab.
August 20051
Aug 5, 2005
Baidu completes Nasdaq IPOIPO
Baidu's American depositary shares began trading on Nasdaq under BIDU.
January 20001
Jan 18, 2000
Baidu foundedNews
Robin Li and Eric Xu founded Baidu in Beijing.

