# Zhang Yiming

> Zhang Yiming is co-founder and chairman of ByteDance and founder and chairman of ByteDance. Seedance on BytePlus ModelArk and Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder and chairman, ByteDance. Founder and chairman, ByteDance.

## What Zhang builds

- [Seedance on BytePlus ModelArk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/seedance-on-byteplus-modelark.md), graded C, 59.5/100, in Video generation. Seedance is ByteDance's family of video generation models, sold through the BytePlus ModelArk API. An agent creates an asynchronous task from text, images, video or audio and collects an MP4 by polling or callback. Co-founder and chairman, ByteDance, researched 2026-10-28.
- [Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.md), graded D, 53.9/100, in Image generation. BytePlus ModelArk's hosted API for ByteDance's Seedream image models. One endpoint handles text-to-image, reference-image editing, batches of related images and layer decomposition, billed per generated image. Founder and chairman, ByteDance, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Liang Rubo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/liang-rubo/), Co-founder and CEO, ByteDance

## Questions

### Who is Zhang Yiming?

Zhang Yiming is co-founder and chairman of ByteDance and founder and chairman of ByteDance.

### What does BytePlus, BytePlus Pte. Ltd. (ByteDance) make?

Anchor Terminal lists Seedance on BytePlus ModelArk and Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk from BytePlus, BytePlus Pte. Ltd. (ByteDance). Seedance is ByteDance's family of video generation models, sold through the BytePlus ModelArk API. An agent creates an asynchronous task from text, images, video or audio and collects an MP4 by polling or callback.

### How are Zhang's tools graded?

Seedance on BytePlus ModelArk is graded C, 59.5 out of 100; Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk is graded D, 53.9 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.byteplus.com/en
- https://www.byteplus.com/en/about-us
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance

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