ByteDance reportedly in talks to buy MediaTek AI chips for data centers

The TikTok parent's hunt for alternatives to restricted Nvidia GPUs may now include MediaTek, though no deal has been confirmed ByteDance is reportedly negotiating to buy AI chips from MediaTek for use in its data centers. Neither the talks nor any terms have been confirmed, and no confirmed reports of the negotiations had surfaced as of mid-October 2026. The TikTok parent has been actively diversifying where its AI chips come from. The driver is US export restrictions that limit its access to advanced Nvidia GPUs, the processors that power most large-scale AI training and inference.

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