Baidu Expands U.S. Research Space With New Silicon Valley Site
- New Sunnyvale office will add room for another 150 engineers
- Baidu U.S. head Ya-qin Zhang will lead both research offices
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Baidu Inc. plans to double its footprint in Silicon Valley with a second research and development facility, seeking to gain an edge in artificial intelligence technology.
China’s largest search engine provider will add capacity for 150 employees, the company said Friday in a statement. Baidu has about 200 people at its existing site in Sunnyvale, California. The two offices will be a mile apart.