Foundation Models

Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence

北京智源人工智能研究院

China's leading nonprofit AI research institute

Headquarters: Beijing, China
Region: Beijing
Founded: 2018
Stage: Undisclosed

Overview

BAAI is a nonprofit AI research institute established in November 2018 in Beijing. It is known as the "Whampoa Military Academy" of Chinese large models, having incubated companies such as Zhipu AI, Moonshot AI and ModelBest.

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Products

WuDao

Large-scale pre-trained model series.

FlagOpen

Open-source AI infrastructure stack.

Highlights

01Incubated dozens of well-known AI startups including Zhipu AI.
02Released WuDao 1.0, filling China's gap in large-scale models.

People

Huang TiejunProfessor, Peking University; Chairman, BAAI

Funding

Nov 14, 2018
非营利设立
非营利新型研发机构，无对外股权融资
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