Could the United States soon own half of TikTok? Perplexity AI on Sunday revised a merger proposal it submitted to TikTok parent ByteDance.
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00:00Could the United States soon own half of TikTok?
00:03Perplexity AI on Sunday revised a merger proposal it submitted to TikTok parent ByteDance.
00:10The proposal would create a new entity combining Perplexity and TikTok U.S.
00:16Would also allow for the U.S. government to own up to 50 percent of the new company.
00:21Upon a future IPO, this all according to CNBC.
00:25Separately, an NPR report suggests Oracle could be at the center of another bid.
00:30Oracle already provides software support for TikTok and would, quote, monitor and provide
00:36oversight with what's going on, keeping China out of the data but allowing ByteDance to
00:41hold a minority stake in the app.
00:44Oracle would lead a U.S. investor group that is said to include Microsoft.
00:49President Trump delayed a law banning TikTok by 75 days and appears adamant that the U.S.
00:54could profit from any potential sale.