AI, TikTok and ByteDance

TikTok weighs non-sale options, ByteDance’s Ford says
We are optimistic we will find a solution,” General Atlantic Chief Executive Officer Bill Ford said, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
ByteDance director Bill Ford says deal coming to save TikTok in the U.S.
WASHINGTON – General Atlantic CEO Bill Ford said on Wednesday that a deal would get done to save TikTok in the U.S. after ...
ByteDance director confident TikTok deal will get done, sees options to avoid an outright sale
Bill Ford, the CEO of ByteDance shareholder General Atlantic, said Wednesday he was confident that a deal will be reached to ...
TikTok owner ByteDance, DeepSeek lead Chinese push in AI reasoning
TikTok owner ByteDance on Wednesday released an update to its flagship AI model aimed at challenging Microsoft-backed ...
RIP TikTok. Long live TikTok: A look at the ByteDance app following its flurry of fortunes
TikTok's influence has been greater than its seemingly short-lived demise. The ByteDance-owned app returns after going dark ...
With Trump’s TikTok extension, new potential U.S. buyers emerge
YouTuber MrBeast, X owner Elon Musk and Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison are names that have floated around in the past week.
Is MrBeast planning a TikTok takeover? The YouTube star seems ready to make a move
Donaldson posted a jokey message on X on January 13 that read, "Okay fine, I'll buy Tik Tok so it doesn't get banned." A day later, ...
US TikTok users scramble, despair as Bytedance signals app shutdown
Disappointment, denial and confusion flooded US TikTok upon hearing that Chinese owner ByteDance planned to shut off the app ...
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MrBeast and Others Eye TikTok Ownership as Ban Looms: Speculation Rises Amid Government Push for Deal
TikTok’s fate in the United States hangs in the balance, with the video-sharing app facing a federal ban unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, divests its stake. As app users wait to see what ...
MrBeast isn’t in the bidding race for TikTok just yet—but ‘several buyers are holding ongoing discussions with Jimmy Donaldson’
After the bipartisan TikTok law was signed by former President Joe Biden in April, ByteDance said it did not have plans to ...
ByteDance weighs non-sale options for TikTok
ByteDance is exploring a deal to keep TikTok running in the United States without selling its operations there, according to board member Bill Ford.
Exclusive: ByteDance plans $20 billion capex in 2025, mostly on AI, sources say
ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, has earmarked over 150 billion yuan ($20.64 billion) in capital expenditure for this ...