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ByteDance, the Chinese who wants to entertain the world

2020-06-01T11:57:37.653Z


The parent company of TikTok intends to take advantage of the success of its video application to diversify.


His name is unknown to the general public, but he already worries the giants of Silicon Valley. Chinese publisher ByteDance, the successful video application TikTok, is now worth more than $ 100 billion, according to Bloomberg. Its different applications are used by 1.5 billion people around the world, compared to 2.5 billion for Gmail. The latest decisions of his boss and founder, Zhang Yiming, prove that he does not intend to stop there, whether it concerns the recruitment of a Disney egg-laying or hiring out loud in California, London or Singapore. .

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ByteDance is known for TikTok, an alliance between the algorithms developed by its Chinese teams and an American karaoke application, Music.ly, acquired in 2017. The application clashes. Barely open, it offers videos on the channel, which you can zap with a movement of your finger. You don't even have to create yourself

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Source: lefigaro

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