With the Trump administrationTikTok to extend its stay in the USAs the market approaches, it seems that more and more companies are interested in bidding for the acquisition, such as Amazon earlierThere are also rumors of interest in acquiring TikTok's US business, and contacted US Vice President JD Vance and US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick.
Currently, the deadline for TikTik to close its US business is April 4, but US President Trump has previously stated that this deadline may be extended if necessary.
It is reported that Amazon is also interested in acquiring TikTok's US business and has made relevant contacts. It may compete with the US YouTuber "MrBeast", whose acquisition was funded by Roblox CEO David Baszucki, and the bidding team Project Liberty composed of Reddit co-founder and former Dodgers owner, and even Perplexity AI, an artificial intelligence startup that plans to integrate short videos into its services.
However, Amazon has not responded to this. It may be possible to use the data behind TikTok short videos for artificial intelligence technology training or to improve e-commerce services.
ByteDance has not yet confirmed how TikTok's US business will continue to exist, but it is possible that it will continue to exist by selling a certain amount of equity or allowing a US-based business to hold at least 50% of the equity by establishing a new joint venture. However, under the pressure of domestic Chinese regulations and related opinions, it seems difficult for ByteDance to continue to use this method to keep TikTok's US business.
