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How ByteDance plans to turn OpenClaw craze into a profitable AI business

ByteDance’s Volcano Engine, the cloud unit that released an OpenClaw-based cloud agent tool ArkClaw, is betting that the next phase of artificial intelligence will hinge on cheaper tokens, higher inference efficiency and longer context windows. “Agent-related token consumption still accounts for a single-digit percentage of total token usage, but it is growing,” said Li Guodong, chief architect of ArkClaw, on Tuesday on the sidelines of OpenClaw’s first mainland China event since the open-source...

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Kuaishou stock surges on reports of Kling AI unit spin-off
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5/12/2026

Kuaishou stock surges on reports of Kling AI unit spin-off

Kuaishou Technology’s shares jumped as much as 10 per cent on Tuesday morning after reports that the Chinese short-video platform was raising new funding for its Kling AI unit at a US$20 billion valuation. Kuaishou – often seen as a rival to ByteDance-owned Douyin in China – plans to spin off its video generation service, according to a report by Chinese technology news outlet The LatePost on Monday, citing anonymous sources. The company is in talks with potential investors, including Tencent...

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Kuaishou shares soar as Kling AI eyes US$20 billion valuation in potential spin-off
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5/12/2026

Kuaishou shares soar as Kling AI eyes US$20 billion valuation in potential spin-off

Kuaishou Technology’s shares jumped as much as 10 per cent on Tuesday morning after reports that the Chinese short-video platform was raising new funding for its Kling AI unit at a valuation of US$20 billion. Kuaishou – often seen as a rival to ByteDance-owned Douyin in China – plans to spin off its video generation service, according to a report by Chinese technology news outlet The LatePost on Monday, citing anonymous sources. The company is in talks with potential investors, including Tencent...

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ByteDance raises 2026 capex by at least 25% amid AI boom, rising memory costs, sources say
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ByteDance raises 2026 capex by at least 25% amid AI boom, rising memory costs, sources say

TikTok owner ByteDance is ramping up its spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure, boosting its planned capital expenditure this year to more than 200 billion yuan (US$30 billion), according to two people familiar with the matter. This represented an increase of at least 25 per cent compared with a preliminary plan discussed late last year that proposed AI capex of 160 billion yuan, they said. The increase was necessary because of the company’s growing commitment to AI, as well as...

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ByteDance’s AI subscription gamble: chatbot faces reality check in China
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ByteDance’s AI subscription gamble: chatbot faces reality check in China

Chloe Wang, a 26-year-old fund employee in Shenzhen, said she “definitely wouldn’t” pay for a subscription to Doubao, Chinese tech giant ByteDance’s artificial intelligence chatbot, at its proposed price. “I’m willing to pay for AI tools, but I don’t think it’s worth that much – even though I find Doubao relatively easy to use among domestic AI products,” said Wang, who uses the app occasionally for work-related queries. “If I had to pay for an AI tool as a productivity aid, I’d probably rather...

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ByteDance’s drug unit presents AI-designed therapies at global conferences
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ByteDance’s drug unit presents AI-designed therapies at global conferences

ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, is pushing deeper into artificial intelligence with Anew Labs, a drug-discovery unit that has begun presenting its AI-designed therapies at international conferences. The unit – also known as Anew Therapeutics or ByteDance AI Drug Discovery – operates from Shanghai, Singapore and San Jose, California. Its official website listed 36 core members, as well as big names on its “scientific advisory board”: Liu Yongjun, former president of Innovent Biologics, Ji...

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DeepSeek V4 Çıkışıyla Huawei Ascend 950 Çiplerine Talep Patladı

DeepSeek V4 yapay zeka modelinin piyasaya sürülmesiyle Huawei Ascend 950 çiplerine olan küresel ve yerel talep hızla yükseldi. ByteDance, Tencent ve Alibaba gibi Çin'in önde gelen teknoloji devleri, yeni nesil yapay zeka iş yüklerini yönetebilmek amacıyla Huawei ile stratejik görüşmelere başladı. Ascend 950 işlemci ailesi, DeepSeek V4-Flash ve V4-Pro modelleriyle tam uyumlu çalışacak şekilde optimize edildi.

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Three Chinese AI Companies Make Time Magazine's 2026 Most Influential List
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4/29/2026AI summary

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Time magazine has included three Chinese companies – Alibaba Group Holding, ByteDance and Zhipu AI – in its inaugural "10 Most Influential AI Companies of 2026" list, marking the first AI-specific sub-list under its Time100 ranking. The list features six US companies and one French company (Mistral AI), highlighting how AI has become a defining force in the global economy. Alibaba's Qwen models have surpassed 1 billion downloads, with the company emphasizing open-source strategies to drive adoption.

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Chinese Regulator Fines Seven Tech Platforms $528 Million After Probe Reveals Hidden Offices, Violent Clashes
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Chinese Regulator Fines Seven Tech Platforms $528 Million After Probe Reveals Hidden Offices, Violent Clashes

China's market regulator fined seven tech platforms 3.6 billion yuan (US$528 million) after an antitrust probe revealed obstruction tactics. Investigators at Pinduoduo discovered a hidden office area, while PDD's security head led a group that stormed the site, hospitalizing an official with a head injury. A PDD employee was also caught passing and then swallowing notes with instructions to stay silent during questioning.

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Chinese AI Startup Moonshot AI Releases Open-Source Model Kimi K2.6
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4/21/2026AI summary

Chinese AI Startup Moonshot AI Releases Open-Source Model Kimi K2.6

Moonshot AI has released Kimi K2.6, its latest open-source flagship model featuring upgrades in long-horizon coding, motion-rich front-end generation and agent-based workflows. The company claims the model performs on par with or better than GPT-5.4, Claude Opus 4.6 and Gemini 3.1 Pro across benchmarks, though independent verification remains limited. Artificial Analysis ranks it among the top tier of open-source models globally.

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ByteDance Overseas Revenue Surges 50%, TikTok Shop GMV Jumps 70%
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4/20/2026AI summary

ByteDance Overseas Revenue Surges 50%, TikTok Shop GMV Jumps 70%

ByteDance's overseas revenue surged nearly 50% in 2025, outpacing China's ~20% growth, with overseas markets accounting for over 30% of total revenue for the first time. TikTok Shop was the main driver, with gross merchandise value growing nearly 70% last year. The company reported a profit drop under international accounting standards due to stock option costs, which executives said did not reflect actual operations.

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ByteDance, Tencent step up AI talent battle amid reported departure of DeepSeek researcher
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4/19/2026

ByteDance, Tencent step up AI talent battle amid reported departure of DeepSeek researcher

As China’s artificial intelligence sector accelerates, competition for top talent has intensified among major tech companies, with firms increasingly poaching from rivals while also attracting researchers from overseas hubs such as Silicon Valley. A reported high-profile personnel move involving DeepSeek researcher Guo Daya recently drew attention to the sensitivity surrounding AI hiring in China’s tech sector. Guo, a lead researcher on DeepSeek’s R1 model, joined ByteDance’s Seed AI development...

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