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ByteDance plans to pump $20bn capex mostly into AI

Exclusive: ByteDance plans $20 billion capex in 2025, mostly on AI, sources say

ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, has earmarked over 150 billion yuan ($20.64 billion) in capital expenditure for this year, much of which will be centred on artificial intelligence, two people briefed on the matter said.

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ByteDance plans to pump $20bn capex mostly into AI as it defends its AI lead in China

Chinese ByteDance reportedly plans a $20 billion capital expenditure in 2025, mainly targeting AI as the tech giant seeks to defend its AI lead back home. Sources who spoke to Reuters revealed the TikTok owner will pump a significant chunk of the total money (150 billion yuan or $20 billion) abroad into AI infrastructure development.

GlobalData on MSN · 1d

ByteDance plans to invest $12bn in AI infrastructure

The development comes as the Beijing-based company faces pressure from the US government to sell its social media app TikTok.

ByteDance earmarks $20B for global expansion

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ByteDance, China unlikely to agree to 50% U.S. ownership of TikTok: Expert

Evan Feigenbaum of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace believes ByteDance and Chinese officials are unlikely to agree to a 50% U.S. ownership for TikTok, given the app's algorithm is an intellectual property regulated by Beijing.

Reuters on MSN · 1d

TikTok owner ByteDance, DeepSeek lead Chinese push in AI reasoning

TikTok owner ByteDance on Wednesday released an update to its flagship AI model aimed at challenging Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s latest reasoning model products, as a global race intensified to create AI models capable of tackling complex problems.

invezz on MSN · 20h

TikTok owner goes all-in on AI: ByteDance earmarks $20B for global expansion

ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, has earmarked over 150 billion yuan ($20.64 billion) for capital expenditures in 2025, with a substantial portion of the funds being directed toward artificial intelligence,

TikTok, ByteDance

The Hill on MSN · 16h

ByteDance board member confident deal to save TikTok in US will be reached soon

General Atlantic CEO and ByteDance board member Bill Ford said Wednesday that he believes TikTok soon will reach a deal to remain in the U.S. “It’s in everybody’s interest,” Ford said

New York Post on MSN · 1d

ByteDance director confident TikTok deal will get done, sees options to avoid an outright sale

Bill Ford, the CEO of ByteDance shareholder General Atlantic, said Wednesday he was confident that a deal will be reached to ensure TikTok stays online in the US — and suggested there may be

USA TODAY on MSN · 1d

ByteDance director Bill Ford says deal coming to save TikTok in the U.S.

General Atlantic CEO Bill Ford said on Wednesday that a deal would get done to save TikTok in the U.S. after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that halted a ban on the app for 75 days.

Trump, China and TikTok

Fortune on MSN · 1d

Trump says new 10% tariff on China could come by Feb. 1, repeating November pledge

Markets were cautiously optmistic after Trump took a lighter approach to China on Monday. That sentiment lasted a day.

The Washington Post on MSN · 19h

How China is reacting to Trump amid tariff threats, TikTok bans

Beijing was steeling itself for a first-week assault from Donald Trump. That hasn’t happened — yet — so Chinese leaders are making nice and hoping to cut a deal.

Politico · 1d

GOP China hawks mum as Trump throws TikTok a lifeline

The Capitol Hill Republicans who pushed aggressively to ban TikTok have gone almost totally silent on President Donald Trump’s unilateral decision not to enforce the ban. Asked directly by POLITICO about Trump’s executive order to grant TikTok a reprieve in defiance of the law passed by Congress,

Report: ByteDance sets aside about $20B for AI spending this year

TikTok’s parent company ByteDance Ltd. has set aside 150 billion yuan ($20.64 billion) for its capital expenditure this year, and the bulk of that money will be spent on boosting its artificial ...

TikTok parent ByteDance has launched an updated version of Doubao, China's most popular consumer-facing artificial ...

It’s Not Just TikTok: These Other ByteDance Apps Are Gone Too

TikTok is no longer available in the United States —at least for now. But it’s not the only ByteDance-owned app that’s ...

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ByteDance outpaces Alibaba, Baidu: a deep dive into China's evolving AI chatbot market

ByteDance's Doubao has emerged as a leading contender in China's competitive AI chatbot landscape. In December 2024, Doubao ...

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How TikTok became a ‘poker chip’ in a high-stakes game between Trump and China

In his first few days back in office, President Trump is talking about TikTok entirely as a deal making exercise, dropping all of his previously expressed concerns about Chinese influence and American ...