# Baidu launches Token Exchange, a marketplace that tests and rates model suppliers

> Original title: Baidu Launches Token Exchange, a Model Marketplace That Fingerprints Models and Rates Suppliers

- Source: Pandaily
- Published: 2026-11-12T08:39:20.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/ckj93gjyn4cp0uafvh2k0c09e
- Original: https://pandaily.com/baidu-token-exchange-model-marketplace-fingerprinting-supplier-credit-ratings

## Summary

Baidu founder Robin Li launched Token Exchange at Baidu World 2026 in Beijing on November 12, a platform for buying and calling large models from many suppliers. Baidu says it runs fingerprint, capability and performance tests before listing suppliers, scores them, and issues credit ratings. Baidu says the platform has signed more than 100 supply resources and averages over 50 million calls and 700 billion tokens a day, figures it has not independently verified.