Tech companies are rushing last-minute bids for TikTok as the April 5 deadline nears.
Amazon and app development company AppLovin both submitted bids for unspecified amounts to buy TikTok on Wednesday, days ahead of TikTok’s Saturday deadline to separate from its Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance.
Amazon sent an offer letter to Vice President JD Vance and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to buy all of TikTok, but The New York Times reports that President Donald Trump’s administration isn’t seriously considering the bid.
AppLovin, a mobile tech platform that helps developers market and monetize apps, also submitted a bid and spoke to real estate billionaire Steve Wynn about funding it, per The Wall
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