Baidu Announces the Opening of a Second Research and Development Center in Silicon Valley
October 03 2017 - 5:32PM
Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU), announced today it has opened a second
research and development facility in Silicon Valley as it doubles
down its efforts to recruit global talent in the areas of AI and
autonomous driving.
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Located in Sunnyvale, the 36,000-square-foot building is
currently being occupied by a division of Baidu’s Intelligent
Driving Group (IDG) which works on the Apollo open autonomous
driving platform and a division of the company’s Internet security
deparment.
Going forward, the new site, which has capacity for 150 people
and features a state of the art vehicle lab, will be used primarily
for autonomous driving and Internet security related work. Baidu’s
current facility will remain focused on forward-looking research in
AI and data centers.
“Opening a second site is a natural progression as our teams
grow and our recruiting efforts expand in the US,” said Ya-Qing
Zhang, president of Baidu who also oversees the company’s
operations in the US. “Silicon Valley is becoming increasingly
important in Baidu’s global strategy as a base for attracting
world-class talent, conducting leading edge R&D, and partnering
with top universities and companies.”
Baidu is one of the first Chinese companies to set up R&D
operations in Silicon Valley, and investing in R&D has always
been a priority for Baidu, which allocates 15 percent of its
revenue to R&D. First opened in 2011, Baidu’s US office
has grown from a small team of just a few people to a leading
R&D center with 200 employees, developing cutting-edge
technologies in areas including speech recognition and autonomous
driving.
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