https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3332365/bytedance-unveils-chinas-most-affordable-ai-coding-agent-just-us130-month
Key points Pricing: First-month promotional price of 9.9 yuan (~US$1.30) for the new coding agent.
Standard monthly price after promotion: 40 yuan thereafter.
-Performance claim: The model achieved a “state-of-the-art record on the SWE-Bench Verified test,” putting it on par with major systems like Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet.
-Strategic implication: The pricing aggressiveness underscores how competitive China’s AI developer-tools market is becoming.
-Related shift: This comes amid growing AI push by ByteDance, including their chatbot Doubao usage doubling in six months, per Volcano Engine president Tan Dai.
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