ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, is required to sell the app to a U.S.-based buyer or face a nationwide ban.
Potential buyers for TikTok US include MrBeast, Kevin O'Leary, Frank McCourt's Project Liberty and Perplexity AI, who bid a merger instead of a sale,
TikTok is an AI app. Not an “ask a bot to do your homework” kind of AI app, but an AI app all the same: Its algorithm processes and acts upon huge amounts of data to keep users engaged. Without that fundamental, freakishly well-tuned technology, TikTok wouldn’t really be anything at all—just another video or shopping platform.
Leaders at Oracle, the main cloud computing provider for TikTok's U.S. operations, have told some staff to prepare to shut down servers that host U.S. TikTok data as soon as 9 p.m. ET on Saturday (0200 GMT on Sunday) in advance of a U.
But the model is only meant to be used within China’s mainland, a ByteDance spokesperson told TechCrunch. The e-reader’s China-based manufacturer, Onyx International, which sells Boox e-readers in both China and to the U.
A merger with TikTok may give Perplexity access to a vast user base and a wealth of data that would feed its AI-driven search engine
The real reason the U.S. government wants to ban a ByteDance-owned TikTok. TikTok could shut down in the U.S. as soon as January 19 if the Supreme Court doesn’t step in. The hig
President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he “most likely” would give TikTok 90 more days to work out a deal that would allow the popular video-sharing
Perplexity AI proposed a merger with TikTok U.S. as the platform faces a ban unless it severs ties with ByteDanc
The search engine platform Perplexity AI submitted a bid to merge with TikTok on Saturday, a source familiar told The Hill. The move follows a Friday Supreme Court ruling that upheld the decision
U.S. startup Perplexity AI has submitted a proposal to merge with TikTok U.S. as a response to the impending ban on TikTok, if ties with ByteDance aren't severed. The proposed merger aims to retain ByteDance's investors and enhance video content,