How much funding has Toutiao raised?

Toutiao has raised $16.0M in total funding, most recently a Series B round.

Who are Toutiao's investors?

Toutiao's investors include SIG China, DST Global.

Where is Toutiao headquartered?

Toutiao is headquartered in Beijing, China.

What industry is Toutiao in?

Toutiao operates in Media, Artificial Intelligence.

Toutiao

China's AI-powered content discovery platform

Beijing, China · Founded 2012 · $16.0M raised

Media

Artificial Intelligence

Headquarters: Beijing
Employees: 10001+
Founded: 2012
Business Model: B2C

Total Funding: $16.0M
Last Round: $10.0M Series BSep 2013
Rounds: 3

About

Toutiao (今日头条, meaning 'Today's Headlines') is one of China's largest mobile content creation, aggregation, and distribution platforms, underpinned by machine learning and artificial intelligence. Launched in August 2012 by Beijing ByteDance Technology Co., Ltd., Toutiao uses advanced natural language processing and computer vision algorithms to deliver hyper-personalized content recommendations across news, videos, articles, and short-form media. By 2017 the platform had 120 million daily active users; by 2021 that number reached 150 million, with an average session time of 87 minutes per day. Toutiao has partnerships with over 20,000 traditional media outlets and 800,000 independent content creators. Its success as a recommendation engine directly inspired ByteDance's development of TikTok/Douyin.

Summary

Toutiao is a Media company based in Beijing, China, founded in 2012. It has raised $16.0M in total across 3 rounds, most recently a $10.0M Series B round in Sep 2013. Investors include SIG China and DST Global.