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
Catalogue
All models by ByteDance
24 models · 1–24
| Select models to compare | Model | Released | Context | Input /M | Output /M | Parameters | Type | I/O | Openness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seedream 5.0 FlashByteDance | October 1, 2026 | — | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | Image | text, image → image | Closed | |
| Seed Audio 1.0ByteDance | September 25, 2026 | — | $0.00 | $2,500.00 | — | Speech | text → speech | Closed | |
| Seedream 5.0 LiteByteDance | August 13, 2026 | — | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | Image | text, image → image | Closed | |
| Seedream 5.0 ProByteDance | August 12, 2026 | — | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | Image | text, image → image | Closed | |
| Seedance 2.0 MiniByteDance | August 12, 2026 | — | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | Video | text, image, video, audio → video | Closed | |
| Seed 2.1 TurboByteDance | August 12, 2026 | 262K | $0.50 | $2.50 | — | Text | text, image, video → text | Closed | |
| Seedance 2.5ByteDance | August 7, 2026 | — | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | Video | text, image, video, audio → video | Closed | |
| Seed 2.1 ProByteDance | June 23, 2026 | 256K | — | — | — | Text | text, image, video → text | Closed | |
| Seed CharacterByteDance | June 23, 2026 | 256K | — | — | — | Text | text, image, video → text | Closed | |
| Seed EvolvingByteDance | June 23, 2026 | 256K | — | — | — | Text | text, image, video → text | Closed | |
| Seedance 2.0 FastByteDance | April 15, 2026 | — | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | Video | text, image, video, audio → video | Closed | |
| Seed 2.0 ProByteDance | February 14, 2026 | 256K | — | — | — | Text | text, image, video → text | Closed | |
| Seed-2.0-LiteByteDance | February 14, 2026 | 262K | $0.25 | $2.00 | — | Text | text, image, video → text | Closed | |
| Seed-2.0-MiniByteDance | February 14, 2026 | 262K | $0.10 | $0.40 | — | Text | text, image, video → text | Closed | |
| Seedance 2.0ByteDance | February 12, 2026 | — | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | Video | text, image, video, audio → video | Closed | |
| Seed 1.8ByteDance | December 28, 2025 | 256K | — | — | — | Text | text, image → text | Closed | |
| Seedream 4.5ByteDance | December 23, 2025 | 4K | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | Image | image, text → image | Closed | |
| Seed 1.6ByteDance | October 15, 2025 | 256K | — | — | — | Text | text → text | Closed | |
| Seedream 4.0ByteDance | September 9, 2025 | — | — | — | — | Image | text, image → image | Closed | |
| Seed 1.6 FlashByteDance | August 28, 2025 | 256K | — | — | — | Text | text, image → text | Closed | |
| Seed-OSS-36B-InstructByteDance | August 20, 2025 | 524K | — | — | 36B | Text | text → text | Open weights | |
| Seed 1.6 VisionByteDance | August 15, 2025 | 256K | — | — | — | Text | text, image → text | Closed | |
| Seedance 1.0 ProByteDance | June 11, 2025 | — | — | — | — | Video | text, image → video | Closed | |
| UI-TARS 7BByteDance | April 17, 2025 | 128K | $0.10 | $0.20 | 7B | Text | image, text → text | Open weights |