Oracle’s improbable TikTok talks have a simple explanation, it’s data

Oracle’s preliminary interest in making a bid for TikTok, on first glance, looks like an awkward fit — the 43-year-old software giant best known for legacy corporate databases and the music-video sharing app beloved by teens seem as different as two companies can be.

But the match may not be as far-fetched as it first appears. The world’s second-largest software maker has approached investors including Sequoia Capital to partner on a bid for TikTok’s business in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg late Monday.

The company’s possible pursuit of a deal for the social network, owned by China’s ByteDance, makes more sense in light of Oracle’s desire to build up its cloud-computing and consumer-data