What Volcengine does

Volcengine (北京火山引擎科技有限公司, Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd.) is ByteDance's cloud computing and AI services subsidiary, founded in 2020 and headquartered in Beijing. The company operates a vertically integrated "AI cloud" platform spanning foundation models, agent tooling, AI applications and underlying cloud infrastructure. Its self-developed model family includes the Doubao 2.1 Pro flagship large language model (6 yuan per million input tokens, 30 yuan per million output tokens), Seedance 2.0 video generation (28-46 yuan per million tokens), Seedream 5.0 Pro image generation (0.22 yuan per image), and Doubao Speech 2.0 for ASR and TTS. Supporting layers include the Ark (方舟) model-serving platform, Coze/HiAgent agent development tools, TRAE CN coding assistant, ArkClaw enterprise productivity system, and the open-source OpenViking context database for AI agents. Cloud infrastructure products include ECS compute, TOS object storage, RDS MySQL, an ML platform, and security offerings. Certifications from Gartner, IDC and CAICT (20+) underpin an enterprise security positioning.

Name

Volcengine

Legal name

北京火山引擎科技有限公司 (Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd.)

Website

https://volcengine.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Volcengine is ByteDance's AI cloud platform combining self-developed foundation models (Doubao LLM, Seedance video, Seedream image, Doubao Speech), agent and coding tools (Coze, HiAgent, TRAE CN, ArkClaw) and cloud infrastructure. It holds 49.5% of China's LLM public cloud market, serves 140+ enterprises and powers the consumer Doubao app with 200M+ daily users.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cloud Infrastructure

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Model Hosting, Serving & Inference Platforms (HDAAACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ), Enterprise Foundation Model Integration & APIs (Connectors, Governance, Deployment) (HDAAACAO), Enterprise AI Data & Knowledge Platforms (Vector Databases, Knowledge Graphs) (HDAEANAH)

Keywords

• Cloud computing services
• Large language models
• AI video generation
• Enterprise AI platform
• Cloud infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Beijing

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. LLM API Token Consumption: Usage-based pricing for API access to Doubao large models. Token consumption pricing for inference input at 6 yuan per million tokens and inference output at 30 yuan per million tokens. Growing enterprise adoption with token usage surpassing 120 trillion daily.
2. Enterprise Video Generation API: Seedance video generation model generating $2 billion in annual recurring revenue from enterprise clients with 70% gross margin. Priced at 28-46 yuan per million tokens.
3. Image and Speech Services: Unit pricing for image generation at 0.22 yuan per image and speech recognition at 0.8 yuan per hour for recordings and 1.0 yuan per hour for streaming.
4. Consumer Subscription: Consumer access to Doubao AI at 68 yuan per month.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Volcengine operates ByteDance's enterprise AI cloud platform, providing access to self-developed foundation models (Doubao LLM, Seedance video generation, Seedream image creation, Doubao Speech) via API and the Ark service console. The platform bundles these models with AI agent development tools (Coze, HiAgent, ArkClaw, TRAE CN), an open-source context database (OpenViking), and underlying cloud infrastructure (ECS compute, TOS object storage, managed MySQL) so that enterprises can build, deploy, and scale AI applications on a single stack.

Product overview

Volcengine (火山引擎) is ByteDance's cloud computing and AI services platform positioned as 'your AI cloud' (你的AI云), offering a unified platform for building enterprise AI with models, tools, applications, and cloud infrastructure. The portfolio centers on the Doubao large language model (ByteDance's self-developed foundation model) alongside specialized models for video generation (Seedance), image creation (Seedream), and speech AI (豆包语音). The platform provides layered services: foundational model access via 火山方舟 (Ark), agent development platforms including 扣子 (Coze) and HiAgent, AI coding tools like TRAE CN and ArkClaw, industry-specific solutions such as AIGC education ecosystem, and comprehensive cloud infrastructure (compute, storage, databases). The platform holds 49.5% of China's large model public cloud market by invocation volume and serves enterprise clients across automotive, education, security, and content creation industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Doubao Large Model (豆包大模型) ByteDance's self-developed foundation large language model offering text generation, coding, agent capabilities, and visual language understanding. Powers both the Doubao consumer app (200+ million DAU) and enterprise services via API.
• Volcano Ark (火山方舟) One-stop large model service platform providing model experience, API access, inference endpoints, fine-tuning, and application development capabilities for enterprise AI implementation.
• Coze (扣子) Enterprise AI Agent Platform Enterprise-grade AI Agent development platform enabling businesses to build and deploy intelligent agents without coding, featuring workflow automation and multi-channel deployment.
• ArkClaw Enterprise Enterprise-exclusive intelligent productivity system providing AI personal assistant capabilities for enterprise users, with dedicated enterprise features and a 10 million tokens promotional offering.
• HiAgent '1+N+X' one-stop intelligent agent workstation designed for entity industry intelligent transformation, enabling enterprises to build customized AI agents for specific industry use cases.
• TRAE CN 'The Real AI Engineer' product targeting AI-assisted software development, enabling vibe coding workflows for developers to build applications through natural language instructions.
• Seedance Video Generation Model AI video generation model producing high-quality video content from text prompts with precise instruction following and improved motion performance. Generating $2 billion in ARR from enterprise clients at 70% gross margin.
• Seedream 5.0 Image Creation Model Image generation and transformation model enabling intelligent controllable image creation for text-to-image and image-to-image tasks, with internet retrieval functionality, priced at 0.22 yuan per image.
• Doubao Speech (豆包语音) Speech AI services including ASR 2.0 speech recognition, voice synthesis (streaming/async/bidirectional TTS), voice cloning, voice design, end-to-end real-time speech, podcast API, simultaneous interpretation, and machine translation.
• Security Intelligent Agent (安全运营智能体) 24x7 enterprise security expert powered by AI, automating security operations, threat detection, and incident response for enterprise environments.
• Machine Learning Platform (机器学习平台) Enterprise-grade cloud-native machine learning platform supporting model training, deployment, and management for building and scaling AI applications.
• Elastic Cloud Server / ECS (云服务器) Flexible and stable elastic computing service providing scalable cloud server infrastructure for enterprise workloads.
• Object Storage TOS (对象存储) 10EB-level data scale, highly available object storage service for enterprise data storage needs.
• Cloud Database MySQL Edition (云数据库 MySQL 版) Ready-to-use, stable and reliable elastic MySQL database service for enterprise applications.
• OpenViking Open-source Context Database for AI agents that organizes context through a virtual filesystem paradigm (viking:// protocol), with tiered context loading and hierarchical retrieval for efficient agent memory management.
• Web Q&A Agent (联网问答Agent) AI agent for internet-connected question answering, enabling chatbots to access and synthesize information from the web in real-time.
• Data Intelligent Agent (数据智能体) Enterprise AI data expert enabling businesses to build AI-powered data analysis and insights capabilities through natural language interfaces.
• DraMart (剧创) AI agent for generating AI-powered short videos, streamlining the short-form video creation workflow for content creators.
• KickArt AI-powered creative advertising tool for generating marketing content and creative assets.

Quantifiable outcome

• 120 trillion+ tokens/day processed
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability12 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered strategic, core and flagship.

• OpenClawstrategicTechnology or Integration · 2 April 2026Volcengine officially sponsored the open-source AI agent framework OpenClaw, unveiling plans to co-build the Chinese mirror site for OpenClaw's skill repository ClawHub. Partnership positions Volcengine alongside OpenAI, Baidu, and Tencent as major sponsors.
• NetDragon WebsoftcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 January 2026AI ecosystem and innovation cooperation framework agreement to build AIGC-powered educational ecosystem. Partnership covers joint technological innovation, ecosystem resource co-creation, commercial application empowerment, and industry engagement. Volcengine supports NetDragon in developing education-focused vertical large language models for teaching, assessment, administration, and content creation.
• SerescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 20242024 cooperation agreement with Seres for intelligent robot technologies. Partnership enables Seres' Xiaosai humanoid robot with embodied intelligence using Doubao AI for visual recognition, autonomous greeting, and voice interaction. Seres operates 3,000+ industrial robots and 1,600+ intelligent devices in manufacturing.
• SEREScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for SaiDou brand NEV vehicles integrating Volcano Engine's Doubao AI model for smart cockpit. Targeting 100,000-200,000 yuan mass-market segment with both pure electric and extended-range options. Operating entity Chongqing SaiDou Technology with registered capital increased to 971 million yuan.
• AMDflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerAMD as Chief Partner (首席合作) for FORCE Conference 2026. Multi-tier partnership ecosystem including Diamond, Gold, Silver, and Designated Partner levels with 25+ enterprise partners.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Market position

Competitive moat7 records

Key highlights12 records

Customer concentration

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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