ByteDance offers special stock incentives to AI team to reduce poaching
ByteDance is implementing a special stock incentive program for its Seed AI division to retain talent amid a competitive market. The program offers monthly stock options worth up to $18,180, alongside a 35% increase in the bonus pool for 2025. This strategy is part of a broader investment plan of over $23 billion in AI-related expenditures for 2026.
- ▪ByteDance has launched a stock option program for its Seed AI division to combat talent poaching.
- ▪The program grants monthly stock options ranging from CNY 90,000 to CNY 130,000 per employee.
- ▪ByteDance is also increasing its 2025 bonus pool by 35% to address the retention crisis in AI.
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ByteDance offers special stock incentives to AI team to reduce poaching TikTok's parent company is handing its Seed AI division monthly stock options worth up to $18,180 as the war for AI talent intensifies. Share Add us on Google by Editorial Team May. 26, 2026 window.sevioads = window.sevioads || []; var sevioads_preferences = []; sevioads_preferences[0] = {}; sevioads_preferences[0].zone = "01f21ccf-2092-46b1-9ac7-8c44cc782e0f"; sevioads_preferences[0].adType = "native"; sevioads_preferences[0].inventoryId = "c5700508-581b-472c-8fdd-a931cdbfc8e1"; sevioads_preferences[0].accountId = "1e47efc1-ec2d-4fca-a8b9-354e249e5095"; sevioads.push(sevioads_preferences); ByteDance has a talent problem, and it’s throwing money at it.
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