AI company Perplexity bids to merge with TikTok to avoid ban

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.
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Perplexity AI has reportedly submitted an 11th-hour bid to save TikTok in the US
Just one day before TikTok is expected to shut down in the US, startup Perplexity AI has submitted a bid to TikTok’s parent company ByteDance proposing a merger that would allow it to continue operating,
Perplexity AI Bids to Merge With TikTok US, CNBC Reports
Perplexity AI asked TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, on Saturday to allow the U.S. search engine startup to merge with TikTok U.S. and create a new entity combining them and New Capital Partners,
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.
Perplexity AI bids to merge with TikTok US, source says
U.S. search engine startup Perplexity AI submitted a bid on Saturday to TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance for Perplexity to merge with TikTok U.S., a source familiar with the company's plans told Reuters.
Perplexity has put in a bid to buy TikTok
Just hours before TikTok is expected to go dark, the venture capital-backed AI startup Perplexity has put in a bid to merge with the platform, CNBC reported and Business Insider confirmed with a source familiar with the matter.
Perplexity Submits Bid to Merge With TikTok’s US Unit, CNBC Says
Perplexity AI submitted a bid to TikTok parent ByteDance Ltd., to merge with its US operations and create a new entity, CNBC reported on Saturday.
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