Baidu Posts Robust Q1 Earnings Boosted by Cloud, AI Businesses

Baidu's non ad revenue, rose 70% year-over-year to 4.2 billion yuan ($646 million). (Source: Baidu)

Chinese search engine and AI giant Baidu on Tuesday posted a stronger-than-expected 25% jump in first quarter earnings from a year earlier, beating analysts' estimates.

The Beijing-headquartered company reported 28.13 billion yuan ($4.38 billion) in total …