The countdown is on again for a US-based buyer to take on TikTok, as it faces a ban. Euronews Next takes a look at the contenders to take over the app. View on euronews

The AI search engine startup Perplexity AI has reportedly submitted a bid to merge with TikTok, as other companies and billionaires have rumored to be, or have expressed in, buying ByteDance’s ...

The high-profile names who could potentially buy TikTok following the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the law banning the platform in the US.

The billionaire declined to share details on his sources of financing, but said private equity firms and family offices have reached out.

President Donald Trump said he would be open to Elon Musk or Larry Ellison buying TikTok ... in collaboration with former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, would be interested in purchasing the app. YouTuber MrBeast also said in an X post on ...

U.S. businessman Frank McCourt is open to teaming up with other ... and that he was open to billionaires Elon Musk or Larry Ellison, chairman of Oracle, buying the social media app.

Chinese government officials considered selling TikTok’s U.S. operations to Tesla CEO and close Trump ally Elon Musk ... a group formed by billionaire Frank McCourt in partnership with his ...

U.S. businessman Frank McCourt is open to teaming up with other buyers on a bid to take over the U.S. operations of TikTok as long as he can maintain control of the asset, he told Reuters at the Davos event on Thursday.

President Donald Trump is in the middle of a chaotic race to secure the future of TikTok in America. Speaking aboard Air Force One en route to Florida on Jan.

Around the same time as Musk’s post, hundreds of thousands of federal workers received an email also titled “Fork in the Road,” with a similar offer: Simply send an email to the Office of Personnel Management with the word “Resign” in the subject line, and you’ll receive eight months’ pay, so long as you reply before Feb. 6.

Jimmy Donaldson - aka MrBeast - was jubilant as he told his tens of millions of TikTok followers about his bid to buy the platform. "I might become you guys' new CEO! I'm super excited!" Donaldson said from a private jet. He then proceeded to promise $10,000 to five random new followers.

Mr. Bruni is a contributing Opinion writer. Ms. McLean is a contributing editor at Business Insider and an author of “The Smartest Guys in the Room,” a book about the collapse of Enron. Mr. Silver is the author of “On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything.”