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Operates Volcengine (方舟) and Doubao. Seedance 2.5 video model leads in 30s single-shot narrative generation.

Operates Volcengine (方舟) and Doubao. Seedance 2.5 video model leads in 30s single-shot narrative generation.

Founded 2012
Beijing, China
www.volcengine.com

ByteDance History Timeline(9)

2026-08-25
launch

Doubao Work launches with deep Feishu integration

Agent product for productivity. Supports collaborative editing of docs/spreadsheets/PPTs/web. Can operate browser and computer; cloud PC for long-running tasks. First domestic dual-certified office agent.

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2026-08-25
organization

First agent launched after Feishu product team merged into Doubao

Doubao Work is the first agent launched since the late-July organizational restructuring merged Feishu product into Doubao.

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2026-08-24
market

TRAE and Coze merged into Doubao

TRAE and Coze merged into Doubao

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2026-08-22
launch

ByteDance Doubao to launch standalone office app next week to rival WorkBuddy

Split from the Work Task mode inside Doubao App. The past week saw mobile PC remote control, Windows Virtual Desktop, Skill Store and connectors. ByteDance completed the Feishu-Doubao team merger on July 30 and at the Aug 6 mid-year all-hands named Doubao the AI backbone business.

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2026-08-15
market

ByteDance establishes AI Data & Safety first-level department

AI Data & Safety first-level department established August 15, led by Wang Yinglei. Sits parallel to Seed, Flow, Douyin. Consolidates 1,000+ data team. Same-day reports of Seed team discussing a 5T+ parameter model.

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2026-08-08
launch

ByteDance pre-training 10 trillion parameter AI model

On August 7, the FT reported ByteDance is pre-training a 10T parameter model led by Xiang Liang and Shen Ke. Zhang Yiming opposes distillation.

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2026-08-07
research

ByteDance reportedly training 10-trillion-parameter AI model

On August 7, the Financial Times reported ByteDance is training a 10-trillion-parameter AI model currently in early pretraining, expected to take 3-6 months.

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2026-02-14
launch

Doubao 2.0 released

Doubao 2.0 launched with Pro/Lite/Mini/Code; HLE-Text 54.2 (SOTA).

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2025-06-11
launch

Doubao 1.6 & Seedance

Doubao 1.6 interval pricing cuts cost to 1/3; Seedance tops video gen.

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