Perplexity AI makes a bid to merge with TikTok US

Perplexity AI bids to merge with TikTok US, source says
Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok
Perplexity AI reportedly proposes merger with TikTok US. All you need to know
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Oracle prepares to start shutting TikTok servers from 0200 GMT, The Information reports
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.
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AI company Perplexity bids to merge with TikTok to avoid ban: report
Perplexity, an artificial intelligence search engine startup, has bid to merge with TikTok U.S. so the platform can avoid being banned in the country.
Perplexity AI bids to merge with TikTok US amid looming ban, source says
Search engine startup Perplexity AI submitted a bid on Saturday to TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance for Perplexity to reportedly merge with TikTok.
Apple, Google remove TikTok from stores as app halts service in US
Apple and Google removed TikTok from their app stores Saturday, complying with a law requiring China's ByteDance to divest the social app or see it face an effective ban in the U.S.