AI company Perplexity bids to merge with TikTok to avoid ban

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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, 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.
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Perplexity AI has submitted a bid to merge with TikTok's US operations, CNBC has learned, in a move that would create a new entity combining the AI company with TikTok US and New Capital Partners. The proposal comes as TikTok faces mounting pressure in the United States,
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