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Iluvatar CoreX x ByteDance (AI chip supply)

ByteDance in talks to purchase at least 50,000 Iluvatar CoreX AI chips for inference workloads, primarily for its Doubao AI chatbot. Iluvatar CoreX expected to ship 100,000+ chips in 2026 with projected revenue of 3 billion yuan.

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Type
distribution
Status
Announcedjust announced
Announced
2026-06-15
2 months ago
Active for
2 months

Who’s involved

Iluvatar CoreXtechnology provider

Chinese GPGPU chip designer developing general-purpose graphics processing units for AI training and inference. Its TianGai-100 series (7nm, released 2021) was China's first domestically produced 7nm GPGPU, positioned against Nvidia's A100. Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (9903) in January 2026.

HQShanghai, Chinailuvatar.ai0 partnerships

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  • ByteDance · customer

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Sources (1)

  1. https://www.reuters.com/world/china/bytedance-talks-with-chinas-iluvatar-corex-purchase-ai-chips-sources-say-2026-06-15/

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