Baidu's subsidiary, Kunlun Core, is reportedly planning an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong, aiming for a valuation of approximately $50 billion. This development has contributed to an over 8% rise in Baidu Group's shares. Kunlun Core, known for its AI chips, counts Tencent among its customers, with ByteDance also considering adoption. The Kunlun Core P800 chip has completed large-scale verification and has been instrumental in training the Wenxin 5.1 version on a fully domestic cluster since 2025.