In Depth: How ByteDance Pulled Ahead in China’s AI Race

Earlier this year, the open-source artificial intelligence (AI) agent OpenClaw surged in popularity, inviting comparisons to the breakout debut of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in late 2022.

Notably, there was only one Chinese messaging platform among those supported by OpenClaw: ByteDance Ltd.’s workplace collaboration app Feishu — known overseas as Lark.