ByteDance launches its Seedance 2.0 video model to enterprise clients in 100+ countries, excluding the US amid legal disputes, after a February launch in China (Juro Osawa/The Information)
THE SO WHAT
Seedance 2.0 going to 100+ countries — with the US carved out — shows AI video is globalizing while regulatory blocs harden. If you're an enterprise content or marketing leader, you now have serious non-US options for video generation and need a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction risk map, not a single global vendor.
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