Andreessen Horowitz in talks to help buy out TikTok’s Chinese owners

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Andresson Horwitz, the American investment capital giant, is holding investment talks on the Tiktok social media platform as part of the effort led by Donald Trump to control the famous video application of Chinese owners.

The Venture Capital Group, co -founder of Marc Andressen, is holding the American President’s voice supporters, to add new external investment that will buy Chinese investors in Tiktok, as part of the Oracle and other American investors to expel him from his mother company.

There has been no consensus on the price of Tiktok yet, according to two people who were directly involved in the offer, although they added that the American arm is likely to be estimated on the basis of its sales. They said that the revenues in 2024 amounted to 36 billion dollars worldwide, with the exception of China, as the United States represents about a third of that.

The offer recently emerged as the candidate directed before the deadline on April 5, when the federal law prohibits the application in the country unless its owner, who is based in Beijing, sells the American arm to non -Chinese entities, according to multiple persons familiar with the matter.

Andressen invested early on Facebook and poured $ 400 million in buying Elon Musk from Twitter in 2022, but he is not investing in Bytedance. The company was contacted as TIKTOK advisers and the White House sought to add financial fiery power to the ongoing discussions. Three people are aware of the discussions, that Andrink was very considering investing.

The people said that the BlackStone Group group and other senior asset managers who have not already invested in Bytedance have been contacted as part of the late stage talks to divide Tiktok from her father on the deadline.

Blackstone was discussing investment much less than one billion dollars, while Andrink was interested in taking a greater stake, and the sources, who warned that the talks were continuing and that the deal might fail to achieve it. Reuters mentioned earlier about Blackston.

Andresson Horwits did not respond to the suspension requests. Blackston refused to comment. Tiktok did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Andressen talks as part of the broader negotiations by the largest American investor in Tiktok to take over the company along with the Oracle software, in an offer aimed at guaranteeing Trump that the video application is free of Chinese control and can continue to work in the country.

The Financial Times reported that the current supporters in Bitayance, including General Atlantic, Suskana, KKR and Coature, seek to obtain additional classes in the tiktok us that has not faded.

Oracle, whose founding Trump Larry Ellison’s ally, has been likely to be found in its foundation, is likely to take small stock data and secure US Tiktok data, allowing the continued operation of its very desirable algorithm, which was a major demand for the Chinese government.

Mark Anderson’s close relations with the Trump administration include assisting employees in the billionaire cost unit of the United States of America, while Andressen Horwitz’s partner Serraim Krishnan is working as a white intelligence consultant for artificial intelligence.

The company is also a large investor in other companies run by Musk, including AI XAI, which got X on Friday.

Additional reports company from Zijing Wu in Hong Kong