Coze needs to scale up and be implemented in practice; the underlying computing power must be in their own hands. This move is very aggressive.

ByteDance is developing custom CPUs to meet the growing demand for AI infrastructure. Due to rising chip prices and long-term shortages, the company is accelerating its in-house development, planning to deploy self-developed CPUs in its own servers and data centers to support internal operations and prepare for large-scale deployment of proxy products like Coze. Currently, two architectural paths are being pursued in parallel: based on ARM and based on open-source RISC-V, to evaluate the best design for long-term data center needs. At the same time, they still purchase CPUs from Intel and AMD, but recent price increases from both vendors have accelerated the internal substitution process.