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Americans Invested Billions in Chinese Companies. Now Their Money Is Stuck. (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

$16B US revenue, doubling YoY, gross margin likely in the 70s. Even at the P/S of an established company like Facebook, TikTok's US operations would be worth on the order of $200B. That's on par with the largest acquisitions in history and dwarves Nvidia's acquisition attempt of ARM.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Relative valuations aren't the key differences, it's what the companies do, and what they support.

ARM technology powers the vast majority of mobile devices, and is estimated to have upwards of 30% of the PC CPU market share by 2026.

It's sale, or acquisition, is more than a pissing match between two great powers.