DeepSeek could be valued at up to $50 billion in first fundraising: SourcesChinese AI firm DeepSeek is seeking a massive valuation of up to fifty billion dollars in its first funding drive. The company aims to rais...
06 May, 2026, 08.52 PM IST
HSG's continuation fund to value ByteDance at up to $370 billion: ReportHSG, formerly Sequoia Capital China, is reportedly launching a new fund. This fund is expected to buy some of its shares in TikTok's parent...
07 Jan, 2026, 08.19 PM IST
ByteDance says committed to VR business Pico after report of it shutting brandThe Pico headsets are often seen as ByteDance's answer to the popular Quest headsets developed by Meta Platforms Inc. Pico has the biggest ...
24 Oct, 2023, 02.37 PM IST
TikTok parent ByteDance to allow US staff to cash out on shares: reportThe move is aimed at appeasing restless employees who have been waiting for an initial public offering to profit from the shares they have ...
12 Jul, 2023, 12.55 AM IST
ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming steps down as chairmanByteDance New CEO Liang Rubo, who announced a major organisational restructuring at the TikTok parent, will take on the role of chairman fr...
03 Nov, 2021, 10.02 AM IST
ByteDance founder tells staff he's shifting away from CEO's daily work - sourcesIn May, Zhang unexpectedly announced that he will step down as CEO of the TikTok owner amid Chinese' regulators' tightened scrutiny of the ...
17 Jun, 2021, 01.02 PM IST
ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming to step down as CEOZhang Yiming's decision to step down as ByteDance CEO comes less than a month after the Chinese technology giant named its CFO Shouzi Chew ...
20 May, 2021, 10.51 AM IST
TikTok founder Zhang Yiming enters world's richest people-club with over $60 billion net worthDuring its last fundraising round, ByteDance reached a $180 billion valuation.
14 Apr, 2021, 12.05 PM IST
Tencent bolsters defenses for core businesses as ByteDance muscles into its turfTikTok owner Bytedance has made sizeable inroads into business areas Tencent holds dear - including ads, gaming, livestreaming, social medi...
09 Feb, 2021, 10.55 AM IST
Social media, video apps flooded with CVs, job requests post ByteDance layoffsMX Player's TakaTak, ShareChat, Trell, Chingari, Bolo Indya, Mitron and Roposo are among the many companies likely to pick up some of the i...
29 Jan, 2021, 03.24 PM IST
China's ByteDance says TikTok will be its subsidiary under deal with Donald TrumpTrump signed an executive order on Aug. 14 giving ByteDance 90 days to sell TikTok, amid concerns that the personal data of as many as 100 ...
21 Sep, 2020, 12.10 PM IST
How ByteDance's CEO Yiming Zhang balked at selling TikTok's U.S. businessChina's opposition to a forced sale of TikTok, as well as concerns by major ByteDance backers such as Sequoia and General Atlantic over the...
15 Sep, 2020, 11.20 AM IST
China would rather see TikTok US close than a forced sale: SourcesByteDance has been in talks to sell TikTok's U.S. business to potential buyers including Microsoft and Oracle since U.S. President Donald T...
11 Sep, 2020, 10.54 PM IST
TikTok troubles narrow gap between Beijing and ByteDance founder Zhang YimingA year ago, ByteDance was approached by the Chinese government with offers of help when TikTok, a short-video app with a huge following amo...
05 Sep, 2020, 02.35 PM IST
ByteDance investors seek to use stakes to finance TikTok bid - SourcesByteDance has been in talks to divest TikTok's North America, Australia and New Zealand operations to potential acquirers, including Micros...
24 Aug, 2020, 02.42 PM IST
Former Disney executive Kevin Mayer named TikTok bossFormer Disney executive Kevin Mayer will become the head of TikTok and chief operating officer of the popular video app's parent company, t...
19 May, 2020, 09.35 AM IST
TikTok’s parent pushes into search businessByteDance, known for aggressively recruiting top tech talent, is turning its attention to one of the most lucrative businesses online.
05 Aug, 2019, 09.51 AM IST