Decoding ByteDance Seed 2.0: The LLM Architecture and Ecosystem Powering the Next Wave of AI

The artificial intelligence landscape shifted profoundly with the release of Seed 2.0, ByteDance’s flagship family of large language and multimodal models. While global tech conversations often center around Western labs, ByteDance—the powerhouse behind TikTok and CapCut—quietly constructed a full-stack AI ecosystem that rivals the industry’s heaviest hitters.