36Kr has exclusively obtained information indicating that Volcano Engine, a subsidiary under ByteDance, has incrementally raised its revenue target for the Model-as-a-Service (MaaS) business multiple times since April this year. The current target stands at an ambitious 15 billion yuan. To put this into perspective, the original target was set at a mere 10 billion yuan by the end of 2025. According to data from 36Kr, Volcano Engine's MaaS revenue for the entire year of 2025 was around 1.5 billion yuan. In a striking leap, the revenue target for 2026 has now soared to 10 times the actual revenue achieved in the previous year. The primary driver behind Volcano Engine's rapid MaaS business growth is the exceptional performance of its video model, Seedance 2.0, which has recently surpassed 1 billion yuan in monthly revenue.
