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.
Sources
- ByteDance company history and founders
- ByteDance executive leadership and board
- TikTok ownership explanation, 6 September 2024
- ByteDance products and services
- ByteDance Seed research organization
- Seed 2.1 release, 23 June 2026
- Seedance 2.5 release
- Bloomberg: ByteDance completed share auction
- Reuters: proposed ByteDance share sale