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As the clock ticks on TikTok, Amazon is dancing into the frame.
Amazon reportedly submitted its bid to Vice-President J.D.
Vance and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, ahead of a meeting about TikTok on President Trumps schedule today.
Per theTimes, Amazons bid is not being seriously considered.
The move comes just as Amazon formally shut down Inspire, its own TikTok competitor, in February.
Amazons approach adds to an already full table.
One deal reportedly involves private equity firm Blackstone and tech company Oracle joining TikTok as investors without a sale.
Former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and Employer.com founder Jesse Tinsley have both also submitted bids.
ByteDance, meanwhile, still says TikTok is not even for sale.
Not even to a portfolio thatnow includes the James Bond franchise.
