Baidu, Inc. | 285,044 followers on LinkedIn. Baidu is a leading AI company with strong Internet foundation, driven by our mission to “make the complicated world simpler through technology”. Founded in 2000 as a search engine platform, we were an early adopter of artificial intelligence in 2010. Since then, we have established a full AI stack, from deep learning frameworks to models and applications, with industry-leading self-developed technology at every level.