Sources: ByteDance is in talks with Shanghai-based Iluvatar CoreX to purchase AI inference GPUs, and is also considering a deal to buy Baidu's Kunlunxin chips (Reuters)

<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/bytedance-talks-with-chinas-iluvatar-corex-purchase-ai-chips-sources-say-2026-06-15/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260614/i23.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260614/p23#a260614p23" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> <a href="http://www.reuters.com/">Reuters</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/bytedance-talks-with-chinas-iluvatar-corex-purchase-ai-chips-sources-say-2026-06-15/">Sources: ByteDance is in talks with Shanghai-based Iluvatar CoreX to purchase AI inference GPUs, and is also considering a deal to buy Baidu's Kunlunxin chips</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Chinese technology company ByteDance is in talks with Shanghai-based Iluvatar CoreX (9903.HK) to purchase AI chips for inference work &hellip; </p>