Doubao () is an artificial intelligence assistant developed by ByteDance.
History The Doubao chatbot was launched in August 2023.
By November 2024, it had become China's most popular AI chatbot, with approximately 60 million monthly active users according to industry analytics.
By May 2026, Doubao had 330 million users. In the same month, ByteDance announced the introduction of subscription tiers to Doubao.
Design Doubao is powered by the Doubao Large Model () of the Volcano Engine (or Volcengine; ), which uses 120 trillion tokens per day.
Doubao operates mainly as a chatbot assistant which supports text, image and voice generation, alongside AI-powered search functions. It may also be used as an in-car voice assistant integrated in Mainland Chinese offerings of Tesla electric vehicles.
Doubao models use natural language processing to create a friendly, conversational image when interacting with its users.
Doubao previously permitted the creation of AI agents () within the app. The function is currently discontinued to comply with a new regulation concerning AI agents.
Variants
Dola Dola is the international version of Doubao. It was launched in August 2023, previously known as Cici.
Unlike Doubao, Dola was powered by OpenAI's GPT series of large language models and by Google's Gemini, until February 2026 when they started using in-house Seed models, rolling out fully in April 2026.
References
External links
Official API Documentation