Controversies
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2025
Pivot to medical AI leaves all co-founders departed, team shrinks from nearly 500 to under 200
Wang Xiaochuan shifted Baichuan Intelligence’s strategy toward medical AI; co-founders opposed abandoning general models and other directions and left one after another; in 2025 the company cut B2B businesses including finance and education, and Wang confirmed that staff fell from under 500 to under 200; in July 2026 the last co-founder, Ru Liyun, departed. Layoffs, management changes.