Baidu Loses Founder of Raven Studio AI Hardware Unit
36Kr.com, 7/07/18
Lv Cheng (Jesse Lv), head of Chinese internet conglomerate Baidu's (Nasdaq: BIDU) Raven Studio Workshop, a smart hardware business division under its Smart Living Group, resigned from Baidu in June. Lv joined Baidu in February 2017 when Baidu acquired the AI startup Raven Tech which Lv founded.
There is no word as to what Lv is planning after Baidu.
Editor's Note: In November 2017, Baidu unveiled the first series of products developed by Raven subsequent to its acquisition, including smart speaker Raven H, automated six-axis robot with emotional intelligence Raven R, and concept AI Home Robot, Raven Q. For more information on this topic, please see Baidu Acquires AI Startup Raven Tech, MD 2/16/17 issue, and Baidu Unveils Raven Series of AI-powered Hardware, MD 11/16/17 issue.
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