# Iluvatar CoreX x ByteDance (AI chip supply): partnership

Canonical ID: `60f3d999-6d4c-4989-a495-9350eba00a64`

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.

- **Type:** distribution
- **Status:** announced
- **Verification posture:** reported (press-release-only)

## Parties (2)

- [Iluvatar CoreX](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/iluvatar-corex.md) technology provider
- ByteDance _(off-registry)_ customer

## Timeline

- **Announced:** 2026-06-15

## 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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