Mark Cuban wants to back a TikTok competitor based on BlueSky’s AT Protocol [Video]

Billionaire entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban wants to back a TikTok-like competitor platform. The Dallas Mavericks owner shared a video on TikTok inviting developers to pitch ideas for a TikTok counterpart based on BlueSky’s AT Protocol or ATProto for short. The news comes in when TikTok faces a potential ban on its services in the US from 19 January, 2025 unless halted by the US Supreme Court.

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What is AT Protocol?

AT Protocol is an open source protocol that focuses on decentralized social media. The protocol promises to address the various ‘issues’ surrounding other networks like ActivityPub. The AT Protocol allows users to migrate their profiles and data between platforms seamlessly.

Currently, social media platform BlueSky is hosted on the network. ActivityPub, on the other hand, hosts social media platforms like Mastodon, another X (formerly Twitter) alternative and also PixelFed, an open-source, …