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ByteDance

558 articles decelerating

ByteDance has appeared in 558 articles since 2018-03. Coverage peaked in 2026Q1 with 42 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside TikTok, China, Chinese, Trump.

Articles
558
mentions
Velocity
-95.2%
growth rate
Acceleration
-2.052
velocity change
Sources
51
publications
Fruit Island
OpenAI killed Sora on Tuesday. On Saturday, an AI-generated parody of Love Island called "Fruit Island" went viral on TikTok. The AI entertainment future is arr...
The Cease-and-Desist Cascade
ByteDance launched Seedance 2.0 on February 10. Within five days, Disney, Paramount, and the Motion Picture Association all sent cease-and-desist letters. By Fe...
TikTok's First Week: The Algorithm Adjustments
Four days after the deal closed, TikTok US is blocking "Epstein" in DMs, experiencing convenient outages, and facing a censorship investigation. Everyone got wh...
TikTok's American Compromise: How a Six-Year Ban Became a Joint Venture
ByteDance keeps 19.9% and the algorithm. America gets a security theater wrapper. Everyone declares victory.

Coverage Timeline

2026-04-15
The Information 2 related

ByteDance launches its Seedance 2.0 video model to enterprise clients in 100+ countries, excluding the US amid legal disputes, after a February launch in China

ByteDance's cloud computing unit has made the company's Seedance 2. AI video generation model available globally to enterprise customers …

2026-04-02
The Information 5 related

OpenClaw launches an official China mirror of its ClawHub skills marketplace, with ByteDance providing the cloud servers to host the Chinese-language service

ByteDance is helping OpenClaw operate a Chinese version of its ClawHub marketplace, which distributes OpenClaw's special files that enable AI agents to perform specific tasks.

2026-03-27
Reuters 2 related

Sources: Alibaba and ByteDance plan to order Huawei's new 950PR AI chip after tests show better CUDA compatibility; Huawei targets ~750K 950PR shipments in 2026

Customer testing of Huawei's new AI chip, designed to challenge Nvidia (NVDA.O) in the China market, has gone …

TechCrunch 2 related

ByteDance launches its Dreamina Seedance 2.0 audio and video model in its CapCut editing platform, supporting clips up to 15 seconds across six aspect ratios

2026-03-26
TechCrunch 4 related

ByteDance launches its Dreamina Seedance 2.0 audio and video model in its CapCut editing platform, supporting clips up to 15 seconds across six aspect ratios

OpenAI may be dialing back its efforts in the video generation market with the shutdown of its Sora app, but ByteDance …

2026-03-20
Bloomberg 13 related

Memo: ByteDance agrees to sell gaming unit Moonton to Savvy Games, owned by Saudi Arabia's PIF, sources say for $6B; ByteDance bought Moonton for ~$4B in 2021

ByteDance Ltd. has agreed to sell games unit Moonton to Savvy Games Group for $6 billion, unloading a gaming studio it acquired …

2026-03-15
The Information 13 related

Sources: ByteDance suspended the global launch of Seedance 2.0 amid copyright disputes with Hollywood studios and streamers; it was launched in China last month

ByteDance has put on hold the global launch of its latest video-generation model, Seedance 2., due to a string of copyright disputes …

2026-03-14
The Information 6 related

Sources: ByteDance suspended the global launch of Seedance 2.0 amid copyright disputes with Hollywood studios and streamers; it was launched in China last month

ByteDance has put on hold the global launch of its latest video-generation model, Seedance 2., due to a string of copyright disputes …

2026-03-13
Wall Street Journal 15 related

Sources: ByteDance is working with Aolani Cloud to deploy ~500 Nvidia Blackwell systems in Malaysia, totaling ~36,000 B200 chips; the hardware could cost $2.5B+

TikTok parent, pushing global expansion, plans to tap Blackwell processors that are barred for export to China

2026-03-06
Wired 4 related

Apple implemented geoblocking in January 2026 to prevent US-based users from downloading or updating ByteDance's Chinese apps, even with a Chinese Apple account

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Quarterly Coverage

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Narrative

ByteDance has appeared in 525 Techmeme articles since November 2017, making it one of the most-covered entities in the archive. The biggest stories include ByteDance strikes a deal with a group of non-Chinese investors to create a new TikTok US... and President Biden signs the ByteDance-TikTok divest-or-ban bill into law, after the Senate.... Frequently covered alongside TikTok, Trump, Tencent, Douyin, and Oracle. Coverage has shifted toward research, developer themes and away from consumer.

Key Moments

2024Q2enterprise -10pts; consumer -28pts; funding -15pts
2024Q3enterprise +6pts; consumer +45pts; research +9pts
2024Q4enterprise +12pts; safety +8pts; consumer -30pts

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