Jidu and Hesai Technology reached a strategic cooperation

Jidu is a technology startup dedicated to creating trustworthy, self-evolving automotive robots.

On August 25, Jidu and Hesai Technology officially signed a strategic cooperation agreement. The two parties will leverage their respective technological and resource advantages to create a safer and more efficient intelligent driving system through in-depth cooperation.

Jidu CEO Xia Yiping and Hesai Technology co-founder and CEO Li Yifan attended the signing ceremony.

Xu Hua, Head of Supply Chain and Quality at Jidu; Lu Wei, Vice President of Global Business Development at Hesai

About Jidu:

Jidu is an automotive robot startup company initiated by Baidu Group and co-invested by Geely Group. The company is committed to accelerating technological and era changes, making advanced technology accessible and usable to everyone. Jidu creates trustworthy and self-evolving automotive robots to provide users with an ultimate experience that exceeds expectations. The company was established in March 2021, with Xia Yiping as CEO.

About Hesai Technology:

Hesai Technology is a world-leading 3D sensor (LiDAR) manufacturer. Founded in Shanghai in 2014, the company is dedicated to developing laser-based robotic sensing technology.

After years of hard work, Hesai has accumulated profound experience in core components, self-developed chips, automotive-grade production capabilities, functional safety, active anti-interference technology, and deep learning-based lidar perception.

At present, the company has a three-dimensional product matrix with long, medium and short detection distances, high, medium and low line counts, and mechanical and hybrid solid-state. At the same time, it has formed a market with Robotaxi as the core, gradually covering a variety of application scenarios such as advanced assisted driving of mass-produced vehicles, low-speed logistics, unmanned delivery, unmanned trucks, unmanned cleaning, robots, etc.

At present, the company has patent layout all over the world, and its customers are spread across 70+ cities in 30 countries and regions around the world. So far, Hesai has completed hundreds of millions of dollars in financing, and investors include German Bosch Group, Hillhouse Capital, Xiaomi Group, Meituan, Baidu, Lightspeed and other world-renowned industry companies and investment institutions.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.