ByteDance Releases Seed 2.1 Pro and Turbo, Claiming It Matches Claude Opus 4.6 on Coding at Roughly 80 Percent Lower Cost
ByteDance unveiled its Seed 2.1 Pro and Turbo models at the Volcano Engine FORCE conference, claiming leading coding and agent benchmarks and a total cost of ownership close to 80 percent below Claude Opus 4.6.