Sept 24 — Doubao PR head Liu Xing said reports that the company conducted mass
layoffs or halved its dialogue/Session team are false; the move was an internal
reallocation of duties. Liu said portions of the general Session team’s
functions were moved to Doubao’s trading and work teams and staff transferred
with the functions; many continue prior work, including trading-related tasks to
optimise trading dialogue experience. The Session team has fewer than 50 staff;
the reorganisation affected 11 people and 3 have left. Liu said claims that
Doubao, “used by 200 million people,” had carried out layoffs and that the
dialogue team was “cut in half” are inaccurate.
