2月25日,百度与欢聚集团重新达成协议,百度以21亿美元收购了欢聚集团旗下的YY直播业务。此前百度曾于2020年宣布以36亿美元收购YY直播,但由于种种原因一直没有完成交割。
根据新协议,之前被百度存入托管账户的16亿美元现金已全部返还给百度。公告显示,百度计划将这些回笼资金投资于其云计算及AI基础设施建设。
值得注意的是,通过收购YY直播,百度将进一步丰富和扩展其在视频直播领域的业务版图。YY直播平台也将为百度的人工智能技术提供更多场景应用落地的机会。此外,经过四年多的拉锯后,双方终于达成新协议,将消除长期悬而未决的不确定性。
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