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Foundation Models

Doubao (ByteDance)

ByteDance's consumer assistant and enterprise 'agent' model family

Founded 2023Beijing, China🔒 ProprietaryWebsite ↗

Doubao is the large-model brand from ByteDance, the company behind TikTok and Douyin. It powers one of China's most-used consumer AI assistants and the enterprise Seed model family offered through the Volcano Engine cloud platform.

Models

  • Doubao Seed 2.1 ProFlagship enterprise agent model (2026)💬 Text👁️ Multimodal🧮 Reasoning💻 Code
  • Doubao Seed 2.1 TurboFaster, lower-cost variant💬 Text👁️ Multimodal
  • Doubao Seed 2.0 CodeDedicated coding model💻 Code
  • Doubao (assistant)Consumer AI assistant app💬 Text👁️ Multimodal

Highlights

  • Among the most-used consumer AI assistants in China, with 200M+ daily active users
  • Seed 2.1 (2026) positioned as an enterprise agent for code delivery and long-horizon tasks

Information compiled from public sources; refer to the company's official website for authoritative details.