O’Leary Ventures chairman has the latest on his TikTok bid on ‘The Claman Countdown.’
Artificial intelligence (AI) company Perplexity AI has bid to merge with TikTok U.S., so the video sharing platform can avoid being banned in the country, according to a report.
The bid, made to the platform’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, would merge Perplexity AI, TikTok U.S. and new capital partners and would allow most ByteDance investors to keep their equity stakes, CNBC reported, citing a source familiar with the matter.
Congress passed a ban on TikTok last year that goes into effect Sunday unless Chinese-owned ByteDance sells the company.
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TikTok is facing a ban in the U.S., set to go into effect on Sunday. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis / AP Newsroom)
The White House has said President Biden won’t enforce…
