Business09/24/2026@TechDesk
TikTok USDS Joint Venture Closes, With Oracle as Trusted Security Partner
Oracle5800, Bristol Parkway, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, 90230, United States
Starts 01/22/2026CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE245 days agoTechCrunch^[3]: "On Thursday, January 22, 2026, TikTok^[1] announced that the TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC had officially been established"; the newsroom post is headed January 23.
The US-majority TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC was established, taking over TikTok's US data, algorithm and moderation, with US user data and the algorithm secured in Oracle's US cloud.
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Policy09/24/2026@TechDesk
Trump Signs Executive Order Approving the TikTok US Joint Venture Deal
OracleWhite House, 1600, Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Ward 2, Washington, District of Columbia, 20500, United States
Starts 09/25/2025CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE364 days agoThe order is signed "THE WHITE HOUSE^[1][3], September 25, 2025."
Executive Order 14352 declared a framework deal a qualified divestiture: TikTok's US app goes to a new US-majority joint venture, with Oracle as the security provider holding all US user data.
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Labour09/23/2026@EconDesk
TikTok Closes Its Nashville Office, Cutting 250 Jobs
TikTok19th Avenue South, Nashville, Davidson County, Middle Tennessee, Tennessee, 37203, United States
Starts 10/05/2026SCHEDULED 80% CONFIDENCEin 11 daysThe Tennessee Department of Labor's WARN memo dated August 5, 2026 says TikTok USDS JV notified the agency "of a permanent closure effective October 5, 2026. The total number of affected workers is 250."^[1]
TikTok's US joint venture is permanently closing its Music Row office in Nashville on 5 October 2026, eliminating all 250 jobs there, including members of its content-moderation team.
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Computing09/24/2026@TechDesk
Winter Storm Knocks Out Oracle Data Center Running TikTok's US App
Oracle2300, Oracle Way, Lakeshore, Austin, Travis County, Texas, 78741, United States
01/25/2026 - 02/01/2026CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE242 days agoThe Register^[3]: "Users began reporting problems ... on Sunday" (25 January); the JV's Sunday, February 1 statement: "We have successfully restored TikTok^[1] back to normal".
A weather power outage at a primary US data centre operated by Oracle hit tens of thousands of servers, leaving TikTok's US app buggy for a week just after the joint venture took over.
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Finance09/24/2026@TechDesk
Broadcom Launches $35B AI XPV Platform With Apollo and Blackstone
Broadcom3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United States
Starts 06/09/2026 1:00PMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE107 days agoThe release is dated "June 9, 2026" and says Broadcom^[1] "today announced" the platform, which "launches today"; PR Newswire^[4] stamps it "Jun 09, 2026, 09:00 ET" and Apollo's^[5] IR copy "June 09, 2026 9:00am EDT".
A financing platform for more than 20 GW of Broadcom XPU compute for frontier AI labs through 2028, opening with a $35 billion tranche led by Apollo with Blackstone to fund Anthropic's 1 GW-plus expansion at Fluidstack sites.
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Verizon1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United States
Starts 06/29/2026CONFIRMED 84% CONFIDENCE87 days agoThe release, published Jun 29, 2026, says BT Group and Verizon^[1] "today announced the signing of an agreement to combine their respective international enterprise operations into a 50:50 joint venture".
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AI09/23/2026@TechDesk
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Starts 09/09/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE15 days agoGoogle's post dated "Sep 09, 2026" says "Today, we're deepening that commitment with a €13 billion investment", and its press release carries the dateline September 9, 2026.^[1]
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US and Taiwan Sign a $250 Billion Chip Investment Deal
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AI09/24/2026@TechDesk
Oracle Discloses a Cloud Deal Worth Over $30 Billion a Year
Oracle2300, Oracle Way, Lakeshore, Austin, Travis County, Texas, 78741, United States
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AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Plan Satellite Joint Venture
Verizon1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United States
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AI09/23/2026@TechDesk
Microsoft and OpenAI Amend Their Partnership, Ending Exclusivity
MicrosoftMicrosoft Redmond East Campus, Overlake, Redmond, King County, Washington, United States
Starts 04/27/2026CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE150 days agoThe Official Microsoft^[1] Blog post dated Apr 27, 2026 says "Today, we are announcing an amended agreement to simplify our partnership"; OpenAI's^[2] copy carries the same date. The pin is the announcement; the terms themselves run through 2030 (revenue share) and 2032 (IP license).
Microsoft's license to OpenAI's models and products becomes non-exclusive through 2032 and OpenAI may sell on any cloud, while OpenAI's revenue-share payments to Microsoft continue through 2030 under a total cap and Microsoft stops paying one back.
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Variety^[1], 18 December 2025: ByteDance and TikTok "have signed 'binding agreements'" per Chew's memo to staff that day.

Start: Dec 18, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

TikTok Signs Binding Joint Venture Deal With Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX

ByteDance and TikTok signed binding agreements to form TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, with Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX holding 15% each and ByteDance keeping 19.9%, due to close on 22 January 2026.

ByteDance and TikTok signed binding agreements with three managing investors - Oracle, Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi's MGX - to form TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, according to CEO Shou Chew's memo to staff^[1]
Ownership: 50% to the new investor consortium, with Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX at 15% each; 30.1% to affiliates of existing ByteDance investors; 19.9% kept by ByteDance^[1][2]
The venture is to be governed by a new seven-member, majority-American board and to retrain the content-recommendation algorithm on US user data^[1]
Oracle is named the "trusted security partner" responsible for auditing compliance^[2]
The deal was set to close on 22 January 2026^[1][2]
It implements the framework approved by the 25 September 2025 executive order^[3]

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variety.com/2025/digital/news/tiktok-us-joint-venture-deal-close-date-oracle-silver-lake-1236612315
variety.com· Posted Sep 24, 2026· Starts Dec 18, 2025 ✓· 63% of score
Variety, 18 December 2025: ByteDance and TikTok "have signed 'binding agreements'" per Chew's memo to staff that day.
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TikTok signs deal to create new US joint venture
abcnews.com· Published Dec 18, 2025· 21% of score
ABC News obtained the same memo: Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX 15% each, ByteDance 19.9%, 30.1% ByteDance investors' affiliates, closing date January 22, 2026, Oracle the trusted security partner.
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Saving TikTok While Protecting National Security
whitehouse.gov· Published Sep 25, 2025· 15% of score
The 25 September executive order that approved the framework the agreements implement.^[1]

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Business09/24/2026@TechDesk
TikTok USDS Joint Venture Closes, With Oracle as Trusted Security Partner
Oracle5800, Bristol Parkway, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, 90230, United States
Starts 01/22/2026CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE245 days agoTechCrunch^[3]: "On Thursday, January 22, 2026, TikTok^[1] announced that the TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC had officially been established"; the newsroom post is headed January 23.
The US-majority TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC was established, taking over TikTok's US data, algorithm and moderation, with US user data and the algorithm secured in Oracle's US cloud.
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Policy09/24/2026@TechDesk
Trump Signs Executive Order Approving the TikTok US Joint Venture Deal
OracleWhite House, 1600, Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Ward 2, Washington, District of Columbia, 20500, United States
Starts 09/25/2025CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE364 days agoThe order is signed "THE WHITE HOUSE^[1][3], September 25, 2025."
Executive Order 14352 declared a framework deal a qualified divestiture: TikTok's US app goes to a new US-majority joint venture, with Oracle as the security provider holding all US user data.
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Labour09/23/2026@EconDesk
TikTok Closes Its Nashville Office, Cutting 250 Jobs
TikTok19th Avenue South, Nashville, Davidson County, Middle Tennessee, Tennessee, 37203, United States
Starts 10/05/2026SCHEDULED 80% CONFIDENCEin 11 daysThe Tennessee Department of Labor's WARN memo dated August 5, 2026 says TikTok USDS JV notified the agency "of a permanent closure effective October 5, 2026. The total number of affected workers is 250."^[1]
TikTok's US joint venture is permanently closing its Music Row office in Nashville on 5 October 2026, eliminating all 250 jobs there, including members of its content-moderation team.
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Computing09/24/2026@TechDesk
Winter Storm Knocks Out Oracle Data Center Running TikTok's US App
Oracle2300, Oracle Way, Lakeshore, Austin, Travis County, Texas, 78741, United States
01/25/2026 - 02/01/2026CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE242 days agoThe Register^[3]: "Users began reporting problems ... on Sunday" (25 January); the JV's Sunday, February 1 statement: "We have successfully restored TikTok^[1] back to normal".
A weather power outage at a primary US data centre operated by Oracle hit tens of thousands of servers, leaving TikTok's US app buggy for a week just after the joint venture took over.
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Finance09/24/2026@TechDesk
Broadcom Launches $35B AI XPV Platform With Apollo and Blackstone
Broadcom3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United States
Starts 06/09/2026 1:00PMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE107 days agoThe release is dated "June 9, 2026" and says Broadcom^[1] "today announced" the platform, which "launches today"; PR Newswire^[4] stamps it "Jun 09, 2026, 09:00 ET" and Apollo's^[5] IR copy "June 09, 2026 9:00am EDT".
A financing platform for more than 20 GW of Broadcom XPU compute for frontier AI labs through 2028, opening with a $35 billion tranche led by Apollo with Blackstone to fund Anthropic's 1 GW-plus expansion at Fluidstack sites.
$35B
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon and BT Merge International Businesses in 50:50 Joint Venture
Verizon1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United States
Starts 06/29/2026CONFIRMED 84% CONFIDENCE87 days agoThe release, published Jun 29, 2026, says BT Group and Verizon^[1] "today announced the signing of an agreement to combine their respective international enterprise operations into a 50:50 joint venture".
Verizon and BT agreed to combine their international enterprise networking arms into a 50:50 joint venture serving over 3,000 multinationals in 180-plus countries with about $4 billion in combined annual revenue; Verizon pays BT $625 million to equalize.
$625M
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AI09/23/2026@TechDesk
Google Commits €13 Billion to Finnish AI Data Centres
GoogleGoogle Hamina data centre, Pilaritie, Petkele, Hamina, Kymenlaakso 49420, Finland
Starts 09/09/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE15 days agoGoogle's post dated "Sep 09, 2026" says "Today, we're deepening that commitment with a €13 billion investment", and its press release carries the dateline September 9, 2026.^[1]
Google announced at least €13 billion for data centres in Hamina, Kajaani, Muhos and Vaala in 2027 and 2028, its largest single investment in Europe, with a 22-year nuclear power deal to extend the Loviisa plant.
€13B
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Semiconductors09/23/2026@TechDesk
US and Taiwan Sign a $250 Billion Chip Investment Deal
TSMCU.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20230, United States
Starts 01/15/2026CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE252 days agoCNBC^[1], published 15 January 2026: 'The U.S. and Taiwan have reached a trade agreement ... the Department of Commerce announced Thursday'; USTR's^[2] February fact sheet dates the 'Memorandum of Understanding signed by AIT and TECRO on January 15, 2026'. No signing time is given, so it is an all-day date.
A memorandum signed in Washington commits Taiwanese chipmakers such as TSMC to at least $250 billion of new US investment plus $250 billion in Taiwan credit guarantees, in return for a 15% tariff cap and Section 232 chip-tariff exemptions for companies building US fabs.
0.62
Semiconductors09/24/2026@TechDesk
Broadcom Extends Meta Partnership for Multi-Gigawatt MTIA Custom Chips
3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United StatesBroadcom
Starts 04/14/2026 9:05PMCONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE163 days agoThe release is dated "April 14, 2026" and says Broadcom^[1] and Meta "today announced" the partnership; Meta's newsroom post is stamped 2026-04-14T21:05:14Z and The Globe and Mail's GlobeNewswire copy "Tue Apr 14, 4:05PM CDT", after the US market close.
A multi-year deal through 2029 for Broadcom to co-develop and supply Meta's MTIA accelerators and Ethernet networking, starting with more than 1 GW and the industry's first 2nm AI compute accelerator; Hock Tan leaves Meta's board to advise it.
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AI09/24/2026@TechDesk
Oracle Discloses a Cloud Deal Worth Over $30 Billion a Year
Oracle2300, Oracle Way, Lakeshore, Austin, Travis County, Texas, 78741, United States
Starts 06/30/2025 12:30PMCONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoThe Form 8-K is dated 'June 30, 2025' and EDGAR's acceptance stamp is 2025-06-30 12:30:26 UTC.^[1]
An 8-K said Oracle had signed several large cloud services agreements, one expected to bring in more than $30 billion of revenue a year from fiscal 2028 - the contract OpenAI later confirmed as its 4.5 GW Stargate lease.
$30B
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Plan Satellite Joint Venture
Verizon1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United States
Starts 05/14/2026 10:55AMCONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE133 days agoVerizon's^[1] release is dated 05/14/2026 and PR Newswire^[3] stamps the joint release 'May 14, 2026, 06:55 ET'.
The three biggest US carriers agreed in principle to form a joint venture pooling spectrum so satellite operators can reach phones directly and all but end wireless dead zones.
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AI09/23/2026@TechDesk
Microsoft and OpenAI Amend Their Partnership, Ending Exclusivity
MicrosoftMicrosoft Redmond East Campus, Overlake, Redmond, King County, Washington, United States
Starts 04/27/2026CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE150 days agoThe Official Microsoft^[1] Blog post dated Apr 27, 2026 says "Today, we are announcing an amended agreement to simplify our partnership"; OpenAI's^[2] copy carries the same date. The pin is the announcement; the terms themselves run through 2030 (revenue share) and 2032 (IP license).
Microsoft's license to OpenAI's models and products becomes non-exclusive through 2032 and OpenAI may sell on any cloud, while OpenAI's revenue-share payments to Microsoft continue through 2030 under a total cap and Microsoft stops paying one back.
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