Golden Finance reported that artificial intelligence company Perplexity AI announced that it intends to take over TikTok's US business before the US government ban came into effect, and said that "Perplexity has a unique advantage to rebuild the TikTok algorithm without causing monopoly." Currently, multiple buyers including Oracle, Microsoft, Walmart, as well as former Los Angeles Dodgers boss Frank McCourt and Roblox CEO Jesse Tinsley have also been rumored to have expressed interest in the acquisition of TikTok.