Baichuan AI (Baichuan; ) is an
artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computer, computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and decision-making. It is a field of re ...
(AI) company based in Beijing, China. As of 2024, it has been dubbed one of China's "AI Tiger" companies by investors.
Background
Baichuan was founded in April 2023 by
Wang Xiaochuan
Wang Xiaochuan (; born 3 October 1978) is a Chinese Internet entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder and former chief executive officer of Sogou. He has also founded Baichuan, an artificial intelligence company.
Early life and education ...
who had founded
Sogou
Sogou, Inc. () is a Chinese technology company and subsidiary of Tencent.
The offices of Sogou are located in Beijing on the southeast corner of Tsinghua University. Sogou also has offices in Chengdu, co-located within Tencent's office build ...
and was previously its CEO. Wang named the company after the phrase "A Hundred Rivers" and had secured $50 million in
seed capital. He also reached out to former subordinates at Sogou to join the new company.
In October 2023, a $300 million fundraiser was held for Baichuan. Investors included
Tencent
Tencent Holdings Ltd. ( zh, s=腾讯, p=Téngxùn) is a Chinese Multinational corporation, multinational technology Conglomerate (company), conglomerate and holding company headquartered in Shenzhen. It is one of the highest grossing multimed ...
,
Alibaba Group
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, branded as Alibaba (), is a Chinese Multinational corporation, multinational technology company specializing in E-commerce in China, e-commerce, retail, Internet, and technology. Founded on 28 June 1999 in Hangzho ...
,
Shunwei Capital
Shunwei Capital () is a Beijing-based venture capital firm founded in 2011. It was founded by Lei Jun (the founder and CEO of Xiaomi) and Tuck Lye Koh. The firm focuses on investing in the technology sector in China as well as other countries s ...
and
Xiaomi
Xiaomi (; ) is a Chinese multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Beijing, China. It is best known for consumer electronics software electric vehicles. It is the second-largest manufacturer of smartphones in the worl ...
.
In July 2024, Alibaba Group participated in a $691 million fundraiser for Baichuan valuing it at $2.8 billion.
Products
Baichuan
In June 2023 Baichuan launched Bachuan1, an
open-source
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large language model
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The largest and most capable LLMs are g ...
which was used by researchers at universities.
In November 2023, Baichuan2 was released. Its context window could handle around 350,000 Chinese characters.
In January 2024 and May 2024, Baichuan3 and Baichuan4 were released respectively.
See also
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MiniMax
Minimax (sometimes Minmax, MM or saddle point) is a decision rule used in artificial intelligence, decision theory, combinatorial game theory, statistics, and philosophy for ''minimizing'' the possible loss function, loss for a Worst-case scenari ...
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Moonshot AI
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Zhipu AI
Zhipu AI (智谱AI), formally known as Beijing Zhipu Huazhang Technology, is a Chinese technology company specializing in artificial intelligence. As of 2024, it is one of China's "AI Tiger" companies by investors and considered to be the third ...
References
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