ByteDance
Chinese tech company behind TikTok and the Seed and Seedream models
bytedance.comBeijing, China
ByteDance is a privately held Chinese technology company headquartered in Beijing, known for TikTok, Douyin and Toutiao. Its Seed research team builds the Seed language models, Seedream image models and Seedance video models, which are served through the Volcano Engine cloud platform.
- Founded
- 2012
- Type
- Private company
- Founders
- Zhang Yiming and Liang Rubo
- AI lab
Model family
Seedance
ByteDance is a privately held Chinese technology company headquartered in Beijing, known for TikTok, Douyin and Toutiao. Its Seed research team builds the Seed language models, Seedream image models and Seedance video models, which are served through the Volcano Engine cloud platform.
Latest Seedance models
Models in this family
5 catalogued models
5 models · 1–5
| Select models to compare | Model | Released | Context | Input /M | Output /M | Parameters | Type | I/O | Openness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seedance 2.0 MiniByteDance | August 12, 2026 | — | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | Video | text, image, video, audio → video | Closed | |
| Seedance 2.5ByteDance | August 7, 2026 | — | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | Video | text, image, video, audio → video | Closed | |
| Seedance 2.0 FastByteDance | April 15, 2026 | — | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | Video | text, image, video, audio → video | Closed | |
| Seedance 2.0ByteDance | February 12, 2026 | — | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | Video | text, image, video, audio → video | Closed | |
| Seedance 1.0 ProByteDance | June 11, 2025 | — | — | — | — | Video | text, image → video | Closed |