Search engine startup Perplexity AI submitted a bid on Saturday to TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance for Perplexity to reportedly merge with TikTok.

Perplexity, an artificial intelligence search engine startup, has bid to merge with TikTok U.S. so the platform can avoid being banned in the country.

Content creator Jimmy Donaldson, known on the Internet as MrBeast, has made it clear he is interested in buying TikTok. Donaldson has the most subscribers of any user on YouTube— over 340 million—and boasts over 113 million TikTok followers.

Meta Platforms stock has had a good start to the year, rising more than 5%, and momentum is looking strong. It could get even better. The social media company is an artificial-intelligence top pick, according to analysts at Jefferies,

ByteDance reportedly plans to double down on domestic AI chips following U.S restrictions. The Chinese tech giant, however, says that's false.

With a TikTok ban looming in the United States, Perplexity AI is the latest bidder hoping to give the video app a new corporate home. CNBC first reported

Social media influencer MrBeast says he'd buy TikTok to keep it from being banned. Elon Musk reportedly is interested in buying the app as well.

The search engine platform Perplexity AI submitted a bid to merge with TikTok on Saturday, a source familiar told The Hill. The move follows a Friday Supreme Court ruling that upheld the decision

Samsung’s Galaxy S25 series launched, OpenAI’s first AI agent Operator debuts, Mark Zuckerberg lists AI goals for 2025, Meta testing ads on Threads, and potential control of TikTok by Oracle and Microsoft under a new plan.

Samsung introduced its Galaxy S25 series with enhanced AI and camera features. Donald Trump delayed the TikTok ban, suggesting Elon Musk or Larry Ellison could purchase it. Tensions escalated between Musk and Sam Altman over the large-scale Stargate AI project.

Welcome back to Week in Review. This week we’re diving into OpenAI’s newly released AI agent, called Operator. We also look at where TikTok stands after