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ByteDance’s Volcengine Powers AI Growth with OpenClaw Partnership

Published: Apr. 2, 2026 7:13 p.m. GMT+8

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Volcengine unveiled plans to co-build the Chinese mirror site for OpenClaw’s skill repository, ClawHub. Photo: VCG

ByteDance Ltd.’s cloud computing unit, Volcengine, has officially sponsored the open-source AI agent framework OpenClaw, coinciding with surging developer demand that has driven its flagship AI models to record usage levels.

At an event in Wuhan on Thursday, Volcengine unveiled plans to co-build the Chinese mirror site for OpenClaw’s skill repository, ClawHub, joining a roster of official sponsors that includes OpenAI, Baidu, and Tencent.

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Volcengine sponsors OpenClaw, co-builds ClawHub Chinese mirror (43,000+ skills); sponsors include OpenAI, Baidu, Tencent.
Doubao models reached 120T daily tokens in March (85.7% of China's 140T), doubled in 3 months, 1,000x since May 2024.
Launched ArkClaw, Seedance 2.0 API; stable pricing, 140 enterprise clients >1T tokens by March 2026.

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ByteDance Ltd.: ByteDance Ltd.'s Volcengine sponsored OpenClaw, plans ClawHub's Chinese mirror, and integrates it via ArkClaw with Doubao models and Feishu. Doubao hit 120T daily tokens in March (85.7% of China's total). Opened Seedance 2.0 API; CapCut rolls it out internationally. Stable pricing made it China's top model-as-a-service provider, with 140 enterprise clients >1T tokens by March 2026.

Volcengine: Volcengine, ByteDance's cloud unit, sponsored OpenClaw and will co-build ClawHub's Chinese mirror site. Doubao models hit 120T daily tokens in March (~85.7% of China's total). Launched ArkClaw; opened Seedance 2.0 API. Maintained stable pricing, leading model-as-a-service with 140 enterprises over 1T tokens by March 2026.

OpenAI: OpenAI is an official sponsor of OpenClaw’s skill repository, ClawHub, alongside Baidu and Tencent. Volcengine is co-building the Chinese mirror site for ClawHub.

Baidu: Baidu is an official sponsor of OpenClaw’s skill repository, ClawHub, alongside OpenAI and Tencent.

Tencent: Tencent is an official sponsor of the OpenClaw AI agent framework, joining on March 16 after resolving a dispute over allegedly copying its repository. It raised cloud service prices in March due to rising computational costs.

Alibaba: Alibaba raised cloud service prices in March amid rising computational demand and hardware costs, unlike rival Volcengine which maintained stable pricing.

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