{"id":92496,"date":"2024-04-24T14:31:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T14:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/24\/the-tiktok-ban-clears-key-hurdle-while-perplexity-ai-continues-to-shake-up-search-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T14:31:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T14:31:01","slug":"the-tiktok-ban-clears-key-hurdle-while-perplexity-ai-continues-to-shake-up-search-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/24\/the-tiktok-ban-clears-key-hurdle-while-perplexity-ai-continues-to-shake-up-search-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"The TikTok ban clears key hurdle while Perplexity AI continues to shake up search | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\">Well, if you are a big TikTok fan and live in the United States, I have some bad news for you: A bill that would force a sale of TikTok or ban it in the United States <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/04\/23\/senate-passes-a-bill-forcing-tiktok-to-face-a-ban-if-bytedance-doesnt-sell-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passed the Senate<\/a>. And the President is expected to sign it. Given that China has made noise that it will not allow a sale of the social media company that is headquartered in Singapore, but is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, it\u2019s not looking good for TikTok in the States.<\/p>\n<p>But if that has you bummed out, don\u2019t worry, we have lots of pretty positive news to discuss as well. News like <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/04\/24\/parloa-a-conversational-ai-platform-for-customer-service-raises-66m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two AI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/04\/23\/french-startup-flexai-exits-stealth-with-30m-to-ease-access-to-ai-compute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">startups in Europe<\/a> that are making a bit of noise that caught our attention. There\u2019s a lot more AI in Europe than just Mistral, of course.<\/p>\n<p>And we\u00a0<em>had\u00a0<\/em>to discuss <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/04\/23\/perplexity-is-raising-250m-at-2-point-5-3b-valuation-ai-search-sources-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the latest from Perplexity AI<\/a>, which just raised money and is shaking up its operating plans by raising\u00a0<em>even more money. <\/em>It\u2019s a good time to be an AI startup.<\/p>\n<p>Not that that is the only thing going on. The Framework laptops folks <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/04\/23\/frameworks-repairability-philosophy-is-set-to-expand-beyond-the-laptop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just raised more capital<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-04-24\/china-approves-us-listing-for-self-driving-firm-in-easing-sign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pony.AI is considering a U.S. IPO<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2024\/04\/23\/business\/volition-capital-vc-venture-fidelity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volition Capital is expanding<\/a>. 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