Doubao

Doubao is ByteDance's family of large language models and AI products, positioned as a mass-market, multimodal AI assistant deeply integrated with the company's content ecosystem. The Doubao large model was officially launched at ByteDance's Volcano Engine conference in May 2024, with the company claiming it was already processing 120 billion tokens daily and generating 30 million images per day at that time . By early 2026, the product line had expanded to include Doubao 2.0 Pro and what 葬AI described as "the most comprehensive multimodal Agent model," alongside video-generation tools like Seedance 2.0 .

The product's popular appeal has been notable: Doubao became what 葬AI called "the most widely used large model in China with the broadest application scenarios," with users treating it as a "Douyin booster" for content creation—singing duets with the AI, using it to check children's homework, or monitor pets . ByteDance has also pushed Doubao into enterprise workflows, with an August 2026 release of "Doubao Work" (豆包工作) designed as an office agent that can auto-reply in group chats, draft documents, and convert articles to short videos . As one developer chronicled in 2025, the API's accessibility enabled solo builders to launch monetized AI products without traditional startup infrastructure .