Trump, TikTok and Elon Musk

Trump unveils Stargate AI investment, says he's open to Musk buying TikTok
President Donald Trump announced Stargate, a $500 billion investment in AI infrastructure. His attention then turned to TikTok ownership and tariffs.
Trump welcomes idea of Elon Musk buying TikTok — if billionaire wants it
I met with the owners of Tiktok, the big owners, it’s worthless if it doesn’t get a permit,” Trump said. “It’s worth like a trillion dollars.”
Trump says he is open to Musk buying TikTok if Tesla CEO wants to do so
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was open to billionaire Elon Musk buying social media app TikTok if the Tesla CEO wanted to do so.
Donald Trump open to Elon Musk or Larry Ellison buying TikTok
The president said he’s also open to another tech giant to acquire TikTok: Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle. Ellison was present at the White House for a $500 billion AI infrastructure partnership between the Trump administration and OpenAI, Softbank and Oracle. Oracle, a software company, houses most of TikTok's servers
Donald Trump Says TikTok 'Worthless,' Might Not Save It After All
President Donald Trump has indicated that he might not save TikTok after all, after calling the social media site "worthless" on his first day back in the White House. Trump had previously pledged to rescue TikTok from the nationwide ban enforced by the Supreme Court,
Trump Says Would Be Open To Musk Purchase Of TikTok
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would be open to tech billionaire Elon Musk -- the owner of social media platform X -- buying Chinese-owned app TikTok.
Donald Trump issues executive order to halt TikTok ban – but is it legal?
President Donald Trump issued an executive order aiming to temporarily halt a law requiring TikTok to sell U.S. assets or be banned in the U.S.
Donald Trump explains why he changed his mind about TikTok
Barack Obama attended Trump’s inauguration while wife Michelle decided to skip the ceremony Donald Trump intends to start his second White House term by unleashing more than 100 executive orders and directives.
TikTok owner ByteDance plans to spend $12 billion on AI chips in 2025, FT reports
ByteDance is placing a big bet on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure as the TikTok parent plans to spend more than ...
ByteDance launches AI code editor based on Microsoft software as TikTok ban is delayed
ByteDance has launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered code editor in competition with American leaders like Cursor ...
Perplexity AI bids to merge with TikTok US amid looming ban, source says
Search engine startup Perplexity AI submitted a bid on Saturday to TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance for Perplexity to ...
AI company Perplexity bids to merge with TikTok to avoid ban: report
Perplexity, an artificial intelligence search engine startup, has bid to merge with TikTok U.S. so the platform can avoid ...
TikTok owner ByteDance powered an e-reader’s unhinged AI assistant
But the model is only meant to be used within China’s mainland, a ByteDance spokesperson told TechCrunch. The e-reader’s ...
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TikTok’s Ticking Clock: Trump’s 75-Day Reprieve on Ban Sparks Ownership Scramble
Social media juggernaut TikTok has been given a reprieve thanks to President Trump signing an executive order to delay the ...
TikTok owner ByteDance plans to spend $12 bln on AI chips in 2025, FT reports
TikTok owner ByteDance plans to spend more than $12 billion on artificial intelligence infrastructure this year, betting on ...
I created over a dozen personal apps using AI in 60 days, here's what I learned
Early last year we wrote about the impact of AI on the app market. It was clear even back then that things were changing fast ...