Baidu World 2026 to Be Held in Beijing on Nov. 12 Under Theme “The Next Act: Intelligent Organizations”

The theme echoes a statement by Baidu founder Robin Li at Baidu World 2016, when he said the next act of the internet would be artificial intelligence. Ten years later, Baidu is shifting the focus to AI-driven organizational restructuring. Since last year’s Baidu World, Li has repeatedly discussed AI’s use in organizations, from internalizing AI capabilities within companies to organizational self-evolution. How he will further explain the relationship between AI and organizational evolution at this year’s event is a focus for observers.

According to official information, Baidu World 2026 will include one main forum, 12 sub-forums, more than 30 AI open classes and a 6,000-square-meter exhibition area. The event may release progress on multiple products under Baidu’s full-stack AI layout and discuss how AI can reshape production relations and drive continuous organizational evolution, offering practical references for enterprises and developers exploring intelligent transformation.

The 12 sub-forums will focus on AI-driven organizational leaps, covering organizational evolution, AI offices that stimulate organizational momentum, enterprises’ scaled deployment of agents and cross-scenario applications of digital humans. They will also examine frontier topics such as RSI, embodied intelligence and AI4S. More than 30 AI open classes will invite industry experts to share new ideas and practical experience in AI applications. The 6,000-square-meter AI exhibition area will display Baidu’s full-stack AI capabilities across chips, cloud, models and agents, and use scenario-based demonstrations to show cases of intelligent organization evolution. Baidu said the exhibition is intended to offer visitors both technological foresight and application reference value.

Baidu has recently pushed internal practices and external empowerment around intelligent organizations. In September this year, the Baidu Highest Award was given to the dodo team and the Kunlunxin Tianchi team. The former explored integrating AI capabilities into the company’s internal workflows, while the latter provides AI computing infrastructure for enterprises. The two support AI implementation in organizations from the application and underlying technology levels, respectively.

In AI office, Baidu has formed a product matrix represented by Baidu Dazi, Kuku AI and Miaoda. Data shows that Baidu Dazi’s MAU grew 1,063.79% month-on-month in July, ranking first on the growth list, and its user scale grew nine times month-on-month in September. Kuku AI Office’s MAU has exceeded 25 million, ranking first in the AI office sector.

Baidu World is Baidu’s most important annual technology and product launch event. It has been held for 20 consecutive editions since 2006 and has released frontier technology results with far-reaching industry impact, including box computing, deep learning platforms, autonomous driving, large models and agents. As AI applications extend from personal productivity tools to organization-level applications, this year’s conference will further focus on “intelligent organizations” and explore new paths for using AI to improve organizational efficiency and promote enterprise development.