At the opening ceremony of Baidu World 2026, Baidu founder Robin Li stated that model iteration is proceeding at an extraordinary pace, with several new models released almost daily during the first nine months of this year. Demand for model invocation has also exploded, giving rise to a wave of token relay stations. To address this, Baidu launched its large model trading platform, "Ciyuansuo." Robin Li described Ciyuansuo as an exchange for large models, designed to bring together high-quality models and providers so that enterprises and individuals alike can conveniently find, purchase, and use trusted model tokens. Since its launch a month ago, Ciyuansuo has onboarded more than 100 supply resources, with average daily invocations exceeding 50 million and average daily token invocations surpassing 700 billion.
