On April 16, Robin Li, founder, chairman and CEO of Baidu, announced at the Create 2024 Baidu AI Developer Conference that the second "Wenxin Cup" Entrepreneurship Competition was officially launched, and contestants had the opportunity to receive an investment of up to 50 million yuan.
Robin Li's speech at the Create 2024 Baidu AI Developer Conference was titled "Everyone is a Developer", and he pointed out that "AI is setting off a revolution in creativity, and developing applications in the future is as simple as shooting a short video, everyone is a developer, and everyone is a creator." ”
Robin Li said: "In May last year, Baidu launched the 'Wenxin Cup' Entrepreneurship Competition, hoping to promote the prosperity of the large model ecosystem, create a more dynamic ecosystem, and help entrepreneurs and developers develop various AI native applications. In the first 'Wenxin Cup' Entrepreneurship Competition, we received nearly 1,000 entrepreneurial teams to sign up, and Baidu provided nearly 100 million yuan of investment support for 15 of the winning teams, and continued to provide all-round support in technology, team and resources. ”
"The second 'Wenxin Cup' Entrepreneurship Competition will expand the scope of project screening, set up sub-venues, and recruit entrepreneurial and innovative teams for the global market and college students. At the same time, we have also stepped up our support for entrepreneurs, provided more adequate investment funds and more abundant business resources, and set up a 'special award' for the first time, where particularly outstanding projects will have the opportunity to receive up to 50 million yuan in cash and resource support. Robin Li said at Create 2024.
2024 is expected to be the year of the implementation and commercialization of AI models, with a new generation of young entrepreneurs continuing to emerge, and internationalization becoming a key trend in AI entrepreneurship. In this context, Baidu's "Wenxin Cup" Entrepreneurship Competition continued the success of the first session, once again sounded the rallying call of the AIGC innovation team, and ushered in a blockbuster upgrade of the event.
According to reports, this competition was officially launched on April 16, and the registration channel will last until May 15. The competition conforms to the globalization of AI entrepreneurship and recruits entrepreneurial and innovative teams from all over the world. As long as the entrepreneurial direction is an AI-native application, whether it is a vertical application, an agent, or any field where a large model can solve problems and create value, you can register for the competition on the official website.
The competition has comprehensively upgraded its support for entrepreneurs, providing more lucrative strategic investment, business resources and traffic exposure. Contestants will not only receive top-notch technical guidance and strong ecosystem assistance, but also have the opportunity to communicate with a jury composed of Baidu's AI experts and top investors to compete for the final winner. The winning teams of the first, second and third prizes will receive capital and resource investment worth RMB 10 million, RMB 5 million and RMB 2 million respectively. For the first time in this year's competition, there will be a "Special Prize", where the winning team will have the opportunity to receive up to RMB 50 million in cash and resource investment.
In addition, this year, the competition also set up a new YOUNG brand, which opened a special session for colleges and universities to recruit the younger generation of AI talents. The competition deliberately set up a prize pool of up to one million yuan and a generous sunshine award for college participants, and provided top mentorship, favorable employment support and rich entrepreneurial resources, hoping to discover the rising stars in the field of AI, build a stage for college students who are eager to embrace and explore AI, and help create innovative and practical AI native applications.
"Chinese entrepreneurs and developers are very good at using new technologies to develop applications. I believe that the Wenxin model will become the first choice for Chinese AI entrepreneurs and developers, and more and more applications will be built on top of the Wenxin model. I also look forward to more entrepreneurs and developers joining us to build a thriving AI ecosystem. ”
Large models have opened the dawn of innovation, and AI applications have unleashed new quality productivity. The 2nd Baidu "Wenxin Cup" Entrepreneurship Competition is coming, and we sincerely invite people with lofty ideals from all over the world to build a golden age of AI large models.
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