Welcome to the Tech Brew Ride Home for Wednesday, September 17th, 2025. I'm Brian McCullough today.

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So for the fourth time, President Trump has extended bite danceDance's deadline to divest Ticktok's

U.S. operations until December 16th. But the fourth time might be the charm, as a deal is expected

to be finalized this week. According to sources, under that deal, a U.S. Investor Consortium

that includes Oracle, Silver Lake, and A16Z would hold an around

80% stake in TikTok's U.S. business. Quoting the journal, this new company would also have an

American-dominated board with one member designated by the U.S. government.

Existing users in the U.S. would be asked to shift to a new app which TikTok has built and is testing.

People familiar with the matter said, TikTok engineers will recreate a set of content recommendation

algorithms for the app using technology license from TikTok's parent bite dance, the people said.

U.S. Software Giant Oracle, a longtime TikTok partner, would handle user data at its facilities in Texas, they said.

Silver Lake, a private equity firm and venture capital firm, Andresen Horowitz, are both

longtime tech investors. Both sides are still working out the final details of the proposed deal

and terms could change. In a new executive order Tuesday, President Trump pushed back the TikTok man until

December 16th, the latest of several delays. For the TikTok plan to comply with U.S. law,

tech industry executives argue its algorithms must be created and maintained by an American

engineering team insulated from Chinese influence. Beyond the financial terms, deciding how to handle TikTok's

algorithm has been a tricky part of the deal because it is seen as arguably the most lucrative

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