The fate of TikTok, by the way, let's watch markets here as we've gone green.

The fate of the TikTok band will soon be in the hands of the Supreme Court as it prepares to hear arguments on Friday.

As today is one of the TikTok shops' e-commerce rivals, WhatNot, Secures a massive new funding round.

Our Dear Durbosa has some details from her exclusive interview with WhatNot CEO in today's tech check.

Hi, Dee.

Hey, good morning, Carl. So if TikTok

shop introduced American users to live stream shopping, whatnot has also been making inroads,

and it's ready to seize the opportunity should TikTok go away. Now, the LA-based startup this morning

announced new investment at a $5 billion valuation. That is a 34% jump from its last valuation in 2022.

It is also a rare non-AI startup attracting big dollars in the current venture capital landscape,

which has been especially tough for e-commerce.

Now, we spoke exclusively with What Notts, co-founder and CEO Grant LaFontaine,

who said that it's not just AI companies

that can build strong businesses.

This like meme in the world that maybe like consumer is dead or some of these other

segments of the market aren't doing particularly well.

And, you know, the truth is at the end of the day, if you're creating a really great business, consumers love it, and you have a strong underlying business model, you're able to go and raise capital.

And, you know, it's not just AI companies that can build really strong businesses.

Nothing's changed.

Now, this round, which was over $200 million, is evidence of that and could also suggest

that investor interest in consumer brands is recovering for the right company, of course. LaFontaine

told me that whatnot doubled sales to $3 billion over the last year and does have a path

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