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3 days ago · ByteDance, Chinese technology company that developed novel video-sharing social networking applications, most notably TikTok. ByteDance also serves as the parent company of several popular social media and news apps. Early success. ByteDance was founded in 2012 by a development team led by Zhang Yiming and Liang Rubo.
5 days ago · Source Code Capital, among the earliest backers of TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd., is raising one of China’s largest venture funds as startups begin to draw renewed interest during the AI boom.
11 hours ago · A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday set a fast-track schedule to consider the legal challenges to a new law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. assets by Jan. 19 or face a ban.
5 days ago · 2018 – ByteDance acquired Musical.ly in August and renamed it TikTok. It became more than just a platform for lip-syncing, with dance challenges becoming the latest trend. 2018 – By October, it became the most downloaded app in the App Store in the photo and video category. 2021 – TikTok extended the video length to 3 minutes.
5 days ago · Proponents of the divest-or-ban law say ByteDance’s links to China put the data of 170 million US users at risk. The company sued the US, arguing that a ban would violate its free-speech rights ...
2 days ago · Chinese social media giants ByteDance and Kuaishou Technology, which operate the country's two largest short video platforms, have seen an exodus of top artificial intelligence (AI) experts amid ...
4 days ago · Zhang Yiming is the main founder of Chinese tech giant ByteDance, best known for its insanely popular app TikTok, which has more than 1 billion users worldwide. Zhang stepped down as chairman of...
