Baidu Opens ‘Dazi’ Ecosystem Platform to Partners, Pledges No Commission

The no-commission pledge is the real signal: Baidu is prioritizing ecosystem scale over near-term monetization, which lowers the barrier for connectors, skills, kits and hardware providers to list capabilities on Dazi. That matters most for smaller capability providers that would otherwise weigh platform fees before distribution. The open question is whether an open, fee-free layer attracts enough supply to make Dazi a genuine distribution channel rather than a catalog, and whether Baidu's cloud business can monetize indirectly without taxing partners.