Andreessen Horowitz, in talks to help Tiktok buy Chinese owners

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The US company’s capital giant Andreessen Horowitz is in talks to invest in a social media platform for the management of Donald Trump, Tiktok’s Chinese owners on the social media platform.

An co-founder Marc Andreessen is negotiated to add a new foreign investment to purchase Chinese investors in Tiktok, as part of a proposal by Venture Capital Group, Oracle and other American investors in the US president To carve His mother’s company.

The recent proposal, on April 5, when many people in the country ban the US arms in the country, the Federal Law has sold the US goal in non-Chinese organizations.

Processing It was early on Facebook, and in 2022, Twitter spilled $ 400 million for Twitter’s Elon Musk purchase, but not an investor. The company wanted to add financial firing power to the advisers and the ongoing discussions in the White House. Andreessen, thinking about investing, he said he got acquainted with the discussions.

Blackstone group and other great active managers do not invest Crusty We approached Tiktok’s mother as part of the previous date of distribution.

Blackstone discussed investment in $ 1 billion, and Andreessen was interested in buying a larger share, said the talks were ongoing and could not reach an agreement. Reuters reported in Blackstone’s interest before.

Andreessen Horowitz did not respond to appeals for comment. Blackstone refused to comment. Tiktok did not respond immediately to a request for comment.

In addition to the company’s largest US investors by Andreessen’s conversations, the company’s largest US investors are exempt from China and can continue in the country, Tiktok’s largest US investors are part of the company as part of the company.

The general support of the byrette, including general supporters, Susquehanna, KKr and packaging, the United States is trying to get an additional share in the spun-off way, the financial time has previously said.

Founded by Trump Ally Larry Ellison, a small life-searchable algorithm, also a high-sought algorithm with the Chinese government, will receive a small share of small background and trusted Tiktok.

MARC Andreessen’s close relations to the Trump management, Millionaire Musk’s US government’s price cutting rig, former Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Sriram Krishnan, serves as an adviser to the white house for artificial intizai.

The company is also a great investor in other companies managed by Musk, including AI Company Xai obtained x Friday.