Perplexity AI revises Tiktok merger proposal that could give the U.S. government a 50% stake

INFO LE FIGARO - The AI-powered search engine will share part of its advertising revenue with the online press group Humanoid, publisher of the Numerama and Frandroid sites.

Perplexity AI responds to Trump's 50 percent proposal for TikTok * WorldNetDaily * by Elizabeth Delaney

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Perplexity AI offers TikTok merger allowing US government to own a stake

Could the U.S. government end up owning half of TikTok? If the latest version of one revised bid goes through, it will become a real possibility. Outlets including Reuters and The Hill report that Perplexity AI, a U.S.-based search engine startup, is offering TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance a proposal for a merger between Perplexity and TikTok U.S. Adding the 50% option lines the deal up with President Donald Trump’s stated goal of ens…

Trump Eyes TikTok Ownership Shift

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Perplexity AI proposes TikTok merger; part US government ownership

A new TikTok proposal is on the table. Perplexity AI has proposed a merger that would give the U.S. government a 50% ownership stake.

Perplexity AI modified its merger proposal with TikTok to allow the US government to acquire 50% of the shares of the new company.