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Sources: ByteDance boosted its cloud offering via more sales hires and lower prices; IDC: it had 13% of China’s AI cloud market in H1 2025, behind Alibaba’s 23% (Eleanor Olcott/Financial Times)
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Sources: ByteDance boosted its cloud offering via more sales hires and lower prices; IDC: it had 13% of China’s AI cloud market in H1 2025, behind Alibaba’s 23% — Deep discounts, vast data and bespo…
Korea Kicks Off AI Squid Game In Bid To Compete With US, China
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