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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.

Cryptopolitan on MSN · 22h

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 · 2d

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.

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Trump can save TikTok without forcing a sale, ByteDance board member claims

TikTok owner ByteDance is reportedly still searching for non-sale options to stay in the US after the Supreme Court upheld a national security law requiring that TikTok's US operations either be shut down or sold to a non-foreign adversary.

ByteDance board member 'optimistic' TikTok will find non-sale options in US, report says

TikTok is considering alternative solutions to selling its US business, as owner ByteDance continues the fight to keep its 170 million American users after a reprieve from the Trump administration, a board member of ByteDance was quoted by Chinese magazine Caixin as saying.

New York Post on MSN · 2d

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

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China’s ByteDance in race with US rivals to drive artificial general intelligence

The Chinese unicorn’s Seed Edge programme reflects its aggressive investment strategy, as other major tech firms push their ...

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Davos 2025: Trump may create US sovereign fund to snap up TikTok from ByteDance: sources

The bankers definitely want in despite this being a heavy lift because the fees on an estimated $20-plus billion deal could ...

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TikTok owner ByteDance, DeepSeek lead Chinese push in AI reasoning

TikTok owner ByteDance on Wednesday released an update to its flagship AI model as a global race intensified to create AI ...

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

WASHINGTON – General Atlantic CEO Bill Ford said on Wednesday that a deal would get done to save TikTok in the U.S. after ...

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TikTok owner ByteDance asks expat employees to pay Chinese tax

TikTok parent ByteDance is asking Chinese employees at its Singapore headquarters to pay tax to their home country or risk ...

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ByteDance releases new AI reasoning model in a bid to challenge OpenAI

ByteDance released Doubao-1.5-pro, an upgrade to its flagship AI model, which it claims outperforms OpenAI's o1 in AIME.

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