As the clock works with the 75 -day Tiktok breath of the divestment of its Chinese owners or being prohibited in the United States, several contestants are in operation.
Here is a look at who could save the application before the deadline of April 5.
ELON ALMIZCLE
Although Musk has not expressed his interest publicly in acquiring Tiktok, his acquisition of Twitter (now x) of $ 44 billion in 2022 demonstrates his appetite for investments in social networks.
Musk has criticized the potential prohibition, arguing that “it is not just about Tiktok, it is a censorship and control of the government!”
Its close relationship with the Trump administration and the explicit opening of the president of the United States as a buyer have fed the speculation that Tesla Titan could sweep and buy it.
A report that Chinese officials were considering selling US operations from the company to Musk X received a firm Tiktok denial.
Larry Ellison
Oracle, directed by Larry Ellison, already plays a crucial role in American Tiktok operations as his reliable data storage provider, a relationship that goes back to previous negotiations during the first Trump administration.
With Ellison’s personal fortune of $ 207 billion, classifying only Musk, Jeff Bezos de Amazon and Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, according to Forbes, Oracle is frequently mentioned as a favorite. Ellison is also an ally of Donald Trump for a long time.
Currently, Oracle is key to keep Tiktok available for American users at Trump’s request.
Microsoft
US Tech Colossus Microsoft stands out as a convincing potential buyer, armed with deep pockets and significant technological abilities in artificial intelligence and cloud computing.
When asked Monday night if Microsoft was in discussion for acquiring Tiktok, Trump told reporters: “I would say yes.”
Although the company founded by Bill Gates has historically dominated in productivity and business software, has struggled to establish a strong presence in social networks and search -based advertising.
According to the senior vice president of CFRA Research Angelo Zino, Microsoft’s interest comes from a desire to strengthen his position beyond LinkedIn, which he owns, in the digital advertising space.
Mrbeast
The personality of the Internet Mrbeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, orders more than 340 million youtube subscribers and 113 million Tiktok followers. He has joined the forces with the founder of Ventures de Recuiter.com, Jesse Tensley, to make an acquisition.
“It’s fine, I’ll buy Tiktok so that it is not prohibited,” Donaldson said in a publication of mid -January in X.
According to reports, Donaldson’s casual tweet attracted great attention from numerous billionaires. The group has made an cash offer that claims that it addresses the national security concerns of the United States while preserving the essence of the platform.
Freedom Project
The real estate and sports magnate Frank McCourt’s Project Liberty Initiative has launched “the offer of the people for Tiktok”, in a campaign united by the investor Kevin O’Leary, known by the television show “Tank Tank” in which the entrepreneurs present ideas in offers for venture capital. .
This unique approach includes a crowdfunding element aimed at giving people and small businesses a participation in the future of Tiktok.
McCourt emphasizes its “clean and manufacturing technological battery as a key differentiator that could enable a perfect transition.
Perplexity ai
The search engine with AI has proposed a unique fusion structure that would allow Bytedance investors to retain much of its capital while integrating more Tiktok video content on the perplexity platform, according to a CNBC report.
Steven Mnuchin
Steven Mnuchin, who served as Secretary of the United States Treasury during Trump’s first mandate as president, announced last year that he was accumulating investors to offer for Tiktok.
When asked about the effort recently in the CNBC Squawk Box program, Mnuchin said it was suspended because the Bytedance would not negotiate, but that they were going to follow closely.
There is no treatment?
“However, the real question is Will Tiktok will sell to any of them,” said Independent Technology Analyst Rob Ender him about the situation.
Tiktok does not seem too motivated with respect to the sale of the application, and the Chatbot of AI of the Chinese firm Depseek has captured the attention of the technological community, which could take away the Tiktok care center.
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