Search engine startup Perplexity AI reportedly wants to merge with TikTok.
The company has submitted a bid to TikTok’s China-based parent ByteDance, Reuters reported Saturday (Jan. 18), citing a source familiar with the matter.
The merger attempt comes as a U.S ban on TikTok goes into effect, with the platform going dark Sunday (Jan. 19) for American users.
The ban was signed into law last year by President Joe Biden, and had been supported by a bipartisan group of lawmakers,…
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