The Trump administration is denying it, but Trump previously said he'd like to see the software company take it over.

Following a report by NPR that said the Trump administration is working on a deal with Oracle and other investors to take over TikTok in the US, Trump has denied any talks with Oracle but says he has “spoken to many people about TikTok” and may make a decision in the next month,

Donald Trump seeks a "bidding war" for the app after years of pressure on ByteDance to sell its US operations over security concerns.

Numerous potential buyers, including PerplexityAI and the internet advocacy group, Project Liberty, have publicly stated their interest in the app.

President Donald Trump told reporters that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok's U.S. operations, Bloomberg reports. Although Trump didn't elaborate,

President Donald Trump is in talks with "numerous, very substantial people" about a TikTok deal - but not Oracle.

The new president is tossing out some of the biggest names in the tech world as possible buyers of TikTok’s US operations, most recently Microsoft. 'I like bidding wars because you make your best deals.

Oracle would run TikTok’s global operations while Microsoft is in talks to invest, according to NPR.

According to Reuters, the deal being negotiated by the White House would see ByteDance retaining a stake in the company — either the U.S. or global operations — but data collection and software updates would be overseen by Oracle, which already provides hosting for TikTok.