Baidu’s hackathon turns attendees into agent builders
Baidu_Inc · x · 2026-07-20
Baidu says 678 people joined its 31st hackathon and 355 agents came out of it.
The top 20 projects made it to the live finale, and one in five was built by a solo participant. Some teams started with no coding experience at all, but left as builders.
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