TikTok signs deal to sell to US investor
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TikTok has reached a deal with investors on its US business. Read the full memo from its CEO.
The deal comes more than a year after Congress passed a law that forced its owner ByteDance to divest its US operations or face a ban.
TikTok has signed agreements with investors to establish a new U.S. joint venture, a move CEO Shou Chew said advances the company toward resolving a yearslong battle over its U.S. operations.
TikTok’s US joint venture gives Oracle and others a stake, but ByteDance will retain control of ads and e-commerce, a leaked memo shows.
TikTok's new US joint venture will hand over national-security related tasks to its partners, while ByteDance holds onto key business lines.
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Larry Ellison Retakes No.3 Richest Spot From Jeff Bezos As Oracle Shares Rise On TikTok Deal
The deal is expected to close next month, with Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX owning 45% of TikTok’s U.S. business.
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Is TikTok — Not AI — What Saves Oracle?
Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) shares are jumping 5% in premarket trading this morning, following news that TikTok’s parent company ByteDance signed binding agreements to form a U.S. joint venture majority-owned by American investors.
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TikTok U.S. Joint Venture Deal Set to Close in January With Investors Including Oracle, Silver Lake
ByteDance and TikTok have signed "binding agreements" with three managing investors: Oracle Corporation, Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi-based MGX, to form a new TikTok U.S. joint venture named TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC,
Oracle's Executive Chairman Larry Ellison, a long-time ally of Trump, is among the new investors. The deal ensures that TikTok will remain operational in the US, allowing "over 170 million Americans to continue discovering a world of endless possibilities," as stated in the memo.
Oracle shares jumped 6% in pre-market on Friday as TikTok's U.S. agreement helped calm AI bubble fears after a volatile macro week.