https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/sep/14/tiktok-bytedance-to-partner-with-oracle-in-us-after-rejecting-microsoft-bid

Oracle reported to be technology partner after Trump set deadline for US firms to stop dealing with ByteDance

Bytedance will not sell TikTok’s US operations to Microsoft, the US tech firm has said in a statement, with reports the Chinese video-sharing app has instead picked a consortium led by Oracle as a “technology partner”.