In 2019, Sun Yuchen mentioned a past event after breaking the record by bidding $4,567,888 for Warren Buffett's 20th charity lunch, stating that on November 24, 2014, he recorded a show with Sogou CEO Wang Xiaochuan.
I will never forget the look of the swindler examining me, he said I would definitely fail, and it was a disgrace for me to record the show with him, and in the end, we couldn't even continue recording.
This is the same arrogant person who once despised Sun Yuchen and asserted that he would fail; today, he failed to witness Sun Yuchen's failure and instead found himself in a predicament. However, the Sun Yuchen he defamed has now developed remarkably and is no longer a rival of the same level.
In 2025, the meeting room of Baichuan Intelligence is empty.
Co-founder Jiao Ke and key technical member Xie Jian left one after another, and Baichuan Intelligence's commercialization team was nearly wiped out.
A departing executive revealed, 'Every meeting changes direction, from finance to education to healthcare, like turning in a maze.'
That's right, the frequent adjustments in business direction are one of the important reasons for the internal turmoil in the company.
From general models to B-end business to the healthcare field, Baichuan Intelligence is like a headless fly, bumping around aimlessly.
Frequent adjustments in direction have led to resource dispersion, leaving employees confused and work efficiency low.
At the same time, commercialization is progressing slowly, and no stable profit model has been formed.
The company's cash flow is under tremendous pressure.
Worse still is the retreat of capital.
The valuation of Zhipu, established at the same time, is 44.1 billion, while the Dark Side of the Moon secured 300 million from a Saudi tycoon.
And after Baichuan's Series A, there has been no new financing.
Li Yanhong's prophecy is coming true, '99% of AI companies will die.'
The harshest part of entrepreneurship is that it forces geniuses to face their limitations.
Speaking of Li Yanhong, there is actually a 'decades-long struggle' between Wang Xiaochuan and Li Yanhong.
In public, he has repeatedly refuted Li Yanhong's views.
In terms of model capabilities, open-source routes, and other aspects, the two have different views.
However, Sogou, which Wang Xiaochuan once led, was ultimately acquired by Tencent and did not surpass Baidu Search; he lost this round as well.