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BYTEDANCE BOOSTS AI SPENDING 25% TO $29.4B

ByteDance has increased its artificial intelligence infrastructure budget by 25% to 200 billion yuan ($29.4 billion) for the year, driven by rising memory chip costs and intensified AI development efforts.

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ByteDance Targets 25% Rise in AI Infrastructure Spending: SCMP

ByteDance Ltd. has boosted planned spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure this year by 25% to 200 billion yu…

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Sources: ByteDance plans to increase its 2026 capex to more than $30B, up at least 25% from a preliminary plan, amid the AI boom and rising memory chip costs (South China Morning Post)

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Sources: the White House's Office of the National Cyber Director and Commerce Department's CAISI are fighting over which agency should lead AI model evaluations (Washington Post)

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Sources: Jensen Huang was left out of President Trump's China trip to avoid unwanted scrutiny and awkward conversations about the sale of Nvidia chips to China (Semafor)

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Sources: HSG, formerly Sequoia China, has set up a $3B continuation fund anchored by its ByteDance stake, offering entry into the company valued at $370B (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: HSG, formerly Sequoia China, has set up a $3B continuation fund anchored by its ByteDance stake, off…

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