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Having built a strong foothold in Africa, the Chinese smartphone maker is looking for new frontiers to replicate its success.

While rumors circled around Luohan Academy’s closure, it is Damo Academy—Jack Ma’s other “training ground”—that bears a greater responsibility for future profit generation.

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The transfer of a significant number of employees from ByteDance to Pico has stirred internal strife, posing a threat to further derail the company’s progress.

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Contrary to a lack of ambition, Pico’s failure is more closely tied to the pursuit of applications that didn’t align with the strengths of VR technology.

Like other Chinese VR businesses, Pico viewed Meta as the benchmark for success. Attempting to emulate the American tech giant, however, contributed to its downfall.

ByteDance invested approximately RMB 20 billion in Pico, but even that substantial amount of funding could not avert the decline of the VR business.