Paul Stenhouse: TikTok's parent company valued at $380 billion, Perplexity brings AI browser to Android and beyond, and WhatsApp gains the notes feature - Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

TikTok's parent company is now one of the world's most successful 'startups'  

A recent funding round has valued Bytedance, the company behind TikTok, at $480 billion, which is only just behind OpenAI's $500 billion valuation. Even though the US company may be sold or transferred, Bloomberg reports there was fierce interest in the stock sale with seven companies bidding, driving the valuation from $360 billion.  

Perplexity is bringing its AI browser to Android and beyond 

The underdog AI company and the first to make an AI enabled browser is expanding to take on Google directly. The Android app is now available, the iOS version is days away from launch, and it's also available for Mac and Windows making it much more widely available than the ChatGPT browser. Perplexity's goal is to be your go to search engine, trying to break Google's 20 year dominance.   

WhatsApp is getting the Instagram Notes feature  

You'll now be able to set a 'status' message that can either be seen publicly or just by your contacts. Just like Instagram Notes, the message only stays up for a day by default, but you can set it for longer or shorter if you want. It's another step to seemingly align all the Meta-owned messaging services – Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp. 

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