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Where is Seedance from?

Seedance comes from China. It was founded in 2025.[1],[3] It is owned by ByteDance, headquartered in China.[3],[4]

Origin

China

Founded 2025

Owner today

China

ByteDance

Key facts

Country of origin
China[2],[1]
Founded
2025[1],[3]
Founder
ByteDance Seed
Current owner
ByteDance[3],[4]
Owner headquarters
China
Ownership
Owned
Type
AI product — ai video generation model
Category
AI

Good to know

  • Seedance is made by ByteDance Seed, ByteDance's AI research team. Seedance 2.0 was first released in China in February 2026.
  • The first version, Seedance 1.0, was described in a technical report in June 2025.
  • Seedance belongs to ByteDance, the company behind TikTok and CapCut. ByteDance says about 60% of it is owned by global institutional investors, 20% by employees and 20% by its founder (as of 2023).
  • ByteDance says it has no single global headquarters; its offices include Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Singapore. The US Supreme Court describes ByteDance Ltd. as a privately held company with operations in China that is subject to Chinese law.
Origin is not where products are made. Seedance’s origin is where the brand was created. Its products may be designed, manufactured or assembled in other countries. How we define origin.

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Sources

  1. [1]Seedance 1.0: Exploring the Boundaries of Video Generation Models — ByteDance Seed (arXiv), Technical report submitted 10 June 2025; affiliation: ByteDance Seed (checked 2026-10-19)
  2. [2]Seedance 2.0: Advancing Video Generation for World Complexity — ByteDance Seed (arXiv), Technical report, 15 April 2026: "officially released in China in early February 2026" (checked 2026-10-19)
  3. [3]Seedance 2.0 official launch — ByteDance Seed, 12 February 2026: next-generation video creation model from the ByteDance Seed team (checked 2026-10-19)
  4. [4]TikTok Inc. v. Garland, 604 U.S. ___ (2025) — Supreme Court of the United States, ByteDance Ltd. is "a privately held company that has operations in China" and is subject to Chinese law (checked 2026-10-19)
  5. [5]The truth about TikTok — TikTok Newsroom, 17 April 2023: ByteDance about 60% owned by global institutional investors, 20% by employees, 20% by its founder; "does not have a single global headquarters" (checked 2026-10-19)
Reviewed by Ali on 2026-10-19Report a correction