# ByteDance Is Training a 10-Trillion-Parameter Model To Chase the Frontier

> ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, is reportedly building one of the largest AI models anyone has attempted, a system in the neighbourhood of 10 trillion parameters. If the figure holds, that would be more than three times the size of Moonshot's Kimi K3 and a clear statement that ByteDance wants to compete at the very frontier rather than a step behind it. The effort is being driven by a roughly 2,000 person team, and it is happening despite US restrictions that limit Chinese firms' access to the most advanced training chips. That constraint is exactly what makes the ambition notable, since it implies serious work on squeezing frontier scale training out of the hardware they can actually get. The bigger picture is a Chinese AI sector that keeps refusing to be boxed in by export controls. Whether raw parameter count still buys much at these sizes is an open question, but the willingness to spend on a model this large says a lot about how the US and China race is intensifying.

_Section: [Daily AI Updates](https://www.wortins.com/daily-ai) · Source: Slashdot · Published Saturday, August 8, 2026_

## Wortins' read

ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, is reportedly building one of the largest AI models anyone has attempted, a system in the neighbourhood of 10 trillion parameters. If the figure holds, that would be more than three times the size of Moonshot's Kimi K3 and a clear statement that ByteDance wants to compete at the very frontier rather than a step behind it. The effort is being driven by a roughly 2,000 person team, and it is happening despite US restrictions that limit Chinese firms' access to the most advanced training chips. That constraint is exactly what makes the ambition notable, since it implies serious work on squeezing frontier scale training out of the hardware they can actually get. The bigger picture is a Chinese AI sector that keeps refusing to be boxed in by export controls. Whether raw parameter count still buys much at these sizes is an open question, but the willingness to spend on a model this large says a lot about how the US and China race is intensifying.

## Source

[Read the full story at Slashdot](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/07/174223/bytedance-is-training-a-10-trillion-parameter-model-to-chase-the-frontier)

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