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Proposed TikTok Deal
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Matt Gagnon discussed the proposed deal for TikTok, where US investors, including Oracle and Andreessen Horowitz, would control the app, with US investors holding an 80% stake and Chinese shareholders owning the rest. The new company would have a US-dominated board. TikTok engineers are recreating content recommendation algorithms.

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