ByteDance quietly makes $4bn a year from AI. It just broke up an app to make more.

30-07-2026 16:10 via thenextweb.com

ByteDance quietly makes $4bn a year from AI. It just broke up an app to make more.

ByteDance is quietly winning a race in China that most people are watching in America. The company behind TikTok now makes about $4bn a year from artificial intelligence. That is the largest figure any Chinese firm has publicly claimed, the South China Morning Post reported. To press that lead, ByteDance is tearing up part of […]
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