ByteDance
ByteDance was founded in 2012 by Yiming Zhang and Rubo Liang. Liang is its current chairman and CEO. The company develops the Seed model families and distributes AI through consumer products, Volcano Engine and BytePlus.
Company & leadership
- Chairman and CEO
- Rubo Liang; CEO since late 2021.
- Ownership disclosure
- A September 2024 TikTok statement described roughly 60% institutional, 20% employee and 20% founder ownership. These are dated figures.
- AI research team
- ByteDance Seed was established in 2023.
Founders
- Yiming Zhang and Rubo Liang.
