ByteDance merges Feishu and Doubao teams, AI office battle escalates

ByteDance has combined the teams behind its enterprise productivity app Feishu (Lark) and its AI assistant Doubao, signaling an escalation in the AI office software war. The integration is intended to embed Doubao's AI capabilities directly into Feishu, enhancing features such as smart scheduling, document analysis, and meeting summaries. This strategic move positions ByteDance to better compete with Alibaba's DingTalk and other AI-powered office platforms. The merged team will focus on developing AI-native office tools, leveraging Doubao's large language model technology.