Seedance has moved from a research model to an industrial-scale production tool in under 18 months. Its multimodal, joint audio-video generation — available through ByteDance's Jimeng AI and Doubao platforms — is now the technical backbone of a new AI comic-drama pipeline that operates out of specialized production bases like Moli OPC in Shenzhen, drastically cutting production timelines and enabling a market projected to hit $5.9 billion in 2026 .