The limbo of Tiktok buyers is not a fashion of Chinese social networks, but the expansion of 75 days of the deadline for the sale by Bytedance of its platform in the United States; a condition extended by Donald Trump’s second mandate. The so -called “Tiktok prohibition” entered into force on January 19, although it only lasted a few hours.
The possible veto was announced in the late 2020 by Trump, and became law last April during the mandate of former president Joe Biden, prohibiting it throughout the USA and forcing companies such as Apple and Google withdrawing it from their application stores, considering it one ” Threat for national security “for the direct thread between the data of US citizens and the Chinese government.
During an interview with NBC News January 18, Trump said he would give Tiktok more time to find buyers, or rather: for the American assets of the Bytedance platform. This entity could jump from the list of companies that have expressed interest in acquiring the platform with more than 170 million active users in the US.
Perplexity
Perplexitythe company known for its search engine of the same name based on AI, He presented a proposal to create a new company called Newco in Sinenergia with Tiktok. This negotiation contemplates that the government owns up to 50% of the new structure once it comes out.
The CEO Aravind Srinivas company processes 15 million consultations per day and currently generates income of 50 million dollars annually. Compared to other search engines, it is distinguished by the use of a type interface Chatbot which exploits current technology to improve web searches.
Oracle
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It is not surprising that the company of Larry Ellison appears among those interested in the Bytedonce product. Oracle is the Big Tech which manages the servers in which Tiktok is housed. Together with other investors such as Microsoft, and under the direction of the Trump administration, the Giant of Austin, Texas, would be interested in acquiring all the infrastructure of the app.
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