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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.

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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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Tiktok weighs non-sale options, ByteDance’s Bill Ford says

BYTEDANCE is exploring a deal to keep TikTok running in the US without selling its operations there, according to board member Bill Ford. Read more at The Business Times.

Ars Technica · 7h

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.

Bloomberg on MSN · 4h

ByteDance Might Not Have to Sell TikTok in US, Ford Says

ByteDance is exploring a deal to keep TikTok running in the US without selling its operations there, according to board member Bill Ford. "We are optimistic we will find a solution," Ford said, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

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 board member believes there’s a possibility to retain TikTok ownership without divesting

The deal would involve a change of control on a local level. ByteDance currently has until April 5, 2025 to divest its stake in TikTok to a ...

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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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 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 will soon reach a deal to ...

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ByteDance’s UI-TARS can take over your computer, outperforms GPT-4o and Claude

UI-TARS understands graphical user interfaces (GUIs), applies reasoning and takes autonomous, step-by-step action.

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TikTok owner ByteDance plans to spend $12 billion on AI chips in 2025, FT reports

ByteDance is placing a big bet on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure as the TikTok parent plans to spend more than ...

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These Billionaires, Companies And Investors—Elon Musk, Kevin O’Leary And More—Could Buy TikTok As Ban Starts

ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, is required to sell the app to a U.S.-based buyer or face a nationwide ban.

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