Us search engine startup Perplexity Ai submitted a bid on saturday to tiktok’s chinese parent bytedance for perplexity to merge with tiktok us a source family with the company’s plans Told Reuters.
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CNBC first reported the offer.
Perplexity would merge with tiktok us and create a new entity by combining the merged company with new capital partners, the person said.
The new structure proposed by Perplexity would be allowed for Most of bytedance’s existing investors to retain their equity stakes and would bring more video to perplexity, the sound, saousting anony sauce Matter is confidential.
Tiktok did not immomediatly respond to requests for comment. New Capital Partners Cold Not Be Immedited.
Perplexity ai believes its bid may successed since the proposal is a merger raather than a sell, the person said.
Perplexity ai’s search tools enable users to get fast answers to questions, with sources and citations. It is powered by large language models that can sum up and generate information, from Openai to Meta Platforms’ Open-Source Model LLAma.
Tiktok, which has captivated Nearly Half of All Americans, Powered Small Businesses and Shaped Online Culture, said on Friday it will go dark in the us on the us on free Provides assurations to companies
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