Here's a brief History of Bytedance:
- 2012: Zhang Yiming founded Bytedance in Beijing, China, initially focusing on developing news aggregation apps.
- 2013: Bytedance launched its first app, Toutiao, a news aggregation app that used AI-powered algorithms to curate news articles and recommendations.
- 2014: Bytedance acquired musical.ly, a social media app popular among teenagers for creating and sharing short-form lip-sync videos.