# Seedance
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Tech Lift Fuels Market Rally as Oil Holds Flat — China Readies Policy Signals Amid Geopolitical Jitters
Global equities rose as technology shares led gains, while oil settled nearly flat despite Middle East tensions that have already prompted shipping carriers to pause bookings. In China attention shifts to the NPC session and a State Council briefing that could set policy support; meanwhile, market infrastructure and tech developments — from 24/7 bank‑to‑broker transfers to cheaper AI video generation — are quietly reshaping investment dynamics.
Ma’s Classroom Visit and the ‘One-Yuan-Per-Second’ Video: China’s AI Moves Go Mainstream
Jack Ma’s visit to a Hangzhou school with Alibaba leaders signals a renewed corporate push to shape AI education and talent pipelines. At the same time, ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 pricing — roughly 1 RMB per second for generated video — illustrates rapid commoditization of synthetic media, even as funding, open‑source robotics and investor buying reflect robust momentum across China’s AI sector.
Seedance 2.0 Turns AI Video into a One‑Yuan‑Per‑Second Product — Cheap, Fast and Fraught
ByteDance’s Volcano Engine has published pricing for Seedance 2.0 that equates to roughly 1 CNY per second for a 15‑second AI‑generated video under the higher tariff, with a cheaper rate when users supply source video for editing. The rates formalise per‑token billing for video, lowering barriers to production while raising questions about infrastructure strain, content moderation and copyright.
China’s AI New-Year Sprint Exposes a New Scarcity: Token Inflation and Rising Compute Prices
China’s major tech firms used the 2026 Lunar New Year to launch a wave of multimodal AI models, precipitating a rapid rise in token-based inference demand. The surge is pushing cloud prices up, giving model vendors pricing leverage while exposing supply, governance and geopolitical risks.
ByteDance Elevates 'Doubao' to 2.0 — A Productised, Multi‑variant Large Model Push with Bold Benchmark Claims
ByteDance has launched Doubao 2.0, a family of production‑oriented large models (Pro, Lite, Mini, and a Code variant) focused on efficient inference, multimodal ability and long‑chain task execution. The company claims strong benchmark performance versus rivals but faces scrutiny over IP and international review requests, highlighting the tension between rapid commercialisation and the need for independent validation and regulatory compliance.