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ByteDance

2 filings · 1,003 humans automated on record.

2026-10-14 11:01 utc · qudoublog.com

200 million daily users, one increasingly edge-case team

ByteDance's Doubao assistant pulls 200M+ daily active users, yet its core conversation team is being halved, with 11 of fewer than 50 staffers reshuffled into other squads and 3 shown the door. Nothing says 'core product' like restructuring the people who built it.

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