Baidu Search adds OpenClaw for 700M

This is a distribution story more than a model story: once an incumbent search app bakes in agent workflows, the category stops looking optional. Baidu is betting that search itself now needs an execution layer, not just better answers.

• –OpenClaw had largely lived in chat-style interfaces before this, so embedding it in search changes how normal users discover and trigger agent behavior
• –Baidu gets a huge testing ground for real-world agent usage, which matters more than benchmark bragging when refining product UX
• –The integration also raises competitive pressure on other Chinese consumer platforms, especially as Alibaba expands Qwen across apps like Taobao and Fliggy
• –For AI developers, it is another signal that agents are becoming platform features inside major products rather than standalone destinations