---
type: entity
entity_type: company
name: Seedance (ByteDance)
domain: entertainment
status: active
tracked_by: clay
created: 2026-03-11
---

# Seedance (ByteDance)

ByteDance's AI video generation platform, competing with Google Veo, Runway, and Pika Labs. Seedance achieved #1 global ranking on Artificial Analysis benchmark in February 2026 with Seedance 2.0.

## Timeline
- **2026-02-01** — Seedance 2.0 launched: ranked #1 globally on Artificial Analysis benchmark, native 2K resolution (2048x1080), 4-15s dynamic duration, near-perfect hand anatomy scores in complex movements (magician card shuffling, pianist playing), phoneme-level lip-sync across 8+ languages, 30% faster throughput than Seedance 1.5 Pro

## Relationship to KB
- [[ai-video-hand-anatomy-fidelity-crossed-production-threshold-in-2026-making-visual-tells-unreliable]] — technical capability evidence
- [[non-ATL production costs will converge with the cost of compute as AI replaces labor across the production chain]] — production cost convergence
- [[domains/entertainment/_map]]