Amazon.com has put in a last-minute offer to buy all of short-form video app TikTok, The New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing three people familiar with the bid.
US President Donald Trump will consider on Wednesday a final proposal related to TikTok ahead of an April 5 deadline for the app to find a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban in the country, a White House official said on Tuesday.
ByteDance and TikTok did not immediately respond to requests for comment, and Amazon declined to respond.
Various parties who have been involved in the talks do not appear to be taking Amazon’s bid seriously, The New York Times said.
The bid came via an offer letter addressed to US Vice-President J.D. Vance and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, the report added.
The future of the app used by nearly half of all Americans has been up in the air since a 2024 law, passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, required ByteDance to divest TikTok by January 19.
Washington says TikTok’s ownership by ByteDance makes it beholden to the Chinese government, and Beijing could use the app to conduct influence operations against the United States and collect data on Americans.
