Byte held a mid-year all-staff meeting. Liang Rubo: Accept short-term setbacks and insist on self-research of large models.

Today, ByteDance held its 2026 mid-year all-hands meeting. Company CEO Liang Rubo and the head of the newly established "Creativity Service Platform" department, Tan Dai, communicated with all employees. Liang Rubo summarized the performance of ByteDance's AI business in the first half of 2026: Doubao has maintained its competitiveness in consumer-facing applications, and the video generation model Seedance remains state-of-the-art, but it has also faced challenges, such as the growing gap with leading overseas large language models. Liang Rubo stated that in the area of large language models, ByteDance will continue to insist on self-research, strengthen its fundamentals, accept short-term setbacks, and commit to long-term optimization.