New AI Businesses
Our new AI businesses comprise new business initiatives, including DuerOS (voice assistant and related smart device business), Apollo (autonomous driving platform), and Baidu Cloud. These businesses are powered by Baidu AI, based on Baidu Brain, our customer insights and other big data, and leading AI capabilities.
DuerOS is a cross-platform voice assistant with an installed base of over 400 million and monthly voice queries reaching 3.2 billion in June 2019. With a network of over 300 partners, DuerOS is installed on smart devices (in homes and hotels), smart phones, children watches and story machines. We released four DuerOS-powered Xiaodu branded smart devices in 2018, including Xiaodu smart speaker and Xiaodu smart display, the first smart speaker in China with a display. Equipped with over 1,000 skills in genres such as education, cooking, gaming and entertainment, the DuerOS skills store has been released for test trials.
Apollo, our open source autonomous driving platform, supports commercial production of autonomous driving vehicles and incorporates autonomous driving capabilities, including valet parking. In July 2017, Kinglong Automotive released Apolong L4 minibus, the first autonomous shuttle bus without steering wheel made commercially available in China. Designated by the Chinese government as the autonomous driving platform on the “national team,” Apollo has garnered over 135 OEMs, Tier 1 parts suppliers and other strategic partners. Although autonomous driving is at an early stage of development, we believe autonomous driving and smart transportation, in partnership with municipalities to provide AI solutions to improve traffic flow, air pollution and road hazards, will be important growth areas for us in the future.
Baidu Cloud primarily provides AI solutions, cloud infrastructure and other services to enterprises and individuals. Our goal is to offer a comprehensive set of products, services and tools to enable enterprises to improve productivity and operational efficiency through the use of Baidu AI and cloud infrastructure. For example, the use of Baidu AI customer solutions to automate customer call centers in lieu of IVR system and a large team of call center personnel. Baidu Cloud offers general and industry-specific AI solutions, serving industries, including financial services, media, gaming and telecommunications, while supporting internal usage.
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