DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - The CEO of investment firm General Atlantic, a board member of TikTok's parent company, said on Thursday that he was optimistic that a deal to keep the short-video app operating in the United States would be agreed.

TikTok in the US has attracted interests from top corporates including General Atlantic CEO. Interesting names such as MrBeast has emerged.

NEW YORK – ByteDance is exploring a deal to keep TikTok running in the US without selling its operations there, according to board member Bill Ford.

WASHINGTON – General Atlantic CEO Bill Ford said on Wednesday that a deal would get done to save TikTok in the U.S. after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that halted a ban on the app for 75 days.

President Donald Trump had recently expressed his support in SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk or Oracle CEO Larry Ellison purchasing TikTok.

President Trump's executive order pausing the TikTok ban for 75 days might not protect the app's technology partners from $850 billion in fines.

The app’s availability in the U.S. has been thrown into jeopardy over data privacy and national security concerns.

BYTEDANCE is exploring a deal to keep TikTok running in the US without selling its operations there, according to board member Bill Ford. Read more at The Business Times.

Less than 24 hours after U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Monday, new Secretary of State Marco Rubio met foreign minister counterparts from America’s closest allies in the Indo-Pacific - the so-called “Quad” with Australia,

ByteDance is exploring a deal to keep TikTok running in the United States without selling its operations there, according to board member Bill Ford.

Some iPhone users who retained TikTok during its brief US ban are now seeing their devices fetch eye-watering prices on eBay, as the app remains unavailable in the Apple Store. Those with TikTok pre-installed can still access it,