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With a TikTok Bachelor of Arts in Nursing looming in the United States , Perplexity AI is the late bidder hoping to give the television app a new corporate home .
CNBC firstreported on Perplexity ’s interest . A source with noesis of the offer confirm to TechCrunch that Perplexity ( whose CEO Aravind Srinivas is pictured above ) has submitted a bid to merge with TikTok US .
The source also confirmed other details about the bid — that it would create a new entity combine Perplexity , TikTok US , and new equity collaborator ; that most investors in TikTok ’s parent company ByteDance would be capable to retain their fairness ; and that by merging , Perplexity hop to bring more video to its AI search engine .
A law command ByteDance to either sell TikTok or see it banned in the U.S. is set to take effect on Sunday , January 19 . That will be President Joe Biden ’s last day in office , and officials from his judicature have say thatit will leave alone the actual implementation of the ban“to the next administration . ”
Meanwhile , President - elect Donald Trump , who will be inaugurated on Monday , said he would“most potential ” give TikTok a 90 - sidereal day extension service , and TikTok ’s CEOposted a telecasting thanking Trumpfor his feat .
However , TikTok said that without more explicit authority of non - enforcement from the Biden administration , it will be “ forced to go dark”on Sunday .
Despite a number of buyer expressing interest in TikTok , ByteDance has said repeatedly that it does not signify to trade . ( The company name a written report thatthe Chinese political science is assailable to an acquisition by Elon Muskas “ pure fiction . ” ) CNBC reports that Perplexity is hoping it can overcome those reservations by proposing a amalgamation rather than a sales event .
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