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title: "Baichuan Intelligence Raises $50M from Wang Xiaochuan & Friends for China Foundation Models"
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# Baichuan Intelligence Raises $50M from Wang Xiaochuan & Friends for China Foundation Models

_Unique Research · Company / funding · April 17, 2023_

On **Apr 10, 2023**, **Baichuan Intelligence** (百川智能) raised **$50M** equity from Sogou founder **Wang Xiaochuan** and industry friends. Co-founded with ex-Sogou COO **Ru Liyun** — China OpenAI-class foundation models + disruptive apps. Team: dozens from Sogou/Baidu/Huawei/MSFT/ByteDance/Tencent + startups; Tsinghua faculty/academicians supporting AGI science; ~50 elite by end-Apr; year-end China LLM target.

Focus: best-in-China LM base + search/multimodal/edu/healthcare enhancements for affordable world knowledge. Wang: 131 days since ChatGPT feel like another era; tech idealists + “bring capital to join” talent flocking. CAE academician Zheng Weimin (THU HPC): ChatGPT milestone; will support Wang’s China-fit product with parallel-computing expertise. Thesis: search’s future is Q&A; language boundary = world boundary (Wittgenstein) — once AI masters language it becomes a knowing, thinking, expressing, learning agent.

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