With multiple suitors circling and Trump framing the situation as a deal-making exercise, TikTok's U.S. future is still up in ...

ByteDance (BDNCE) board member Bill Ford said the TikTok parent is exploring a deal to keep the short video app running in America without selling its operations there.

The billionaire declined to share details on his sources of financing, but said private equity firms and family offices have reached out.