Perplexity Proposes $34.5 Billion Purchase of Google's Chrome Browser

AI start-up Perplexity makes surprise $34.5bn bid for Google Chrome

One technology industry investor called the $34.5bn offer a "stunt" that is much lower than Chrome's true value.

Perplexity AI offers Google $34.5 billion for Chrome browser

SAN FRANCISCO, United States — Perplexity AI offered Google on Tuesday $34.5 billion for its popular Chrome web browser, which the internet giant could potentially be forced to sell as part of antitrust proceedings. The whopping sum proposed in a letter of intent by Perplexity is nearly double the value of the startup, which was

AI start-up Perplexity makes bold bid for Google’s Chrome browser

The US$34.5 billion unsolicited offer comes after OpenAI, Yahoo and Apollo Global Management have also expressed interest in Chrome.

AI startup Perplexity makes $34.5B bid for Google’s Chrome browser | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Perplexity AI made a $34.5 billion unsolicited all-cash offer for Alphabet’s Chrome browser today, a bid far above its own valuation as the startup reaches for the browser’s billions of users pivotal to the AI search race.

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Key PointsPerplexity is a start-up competing with ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs).The company has a smaller market presence compared to other tools, and it is seeking to bolster its competitive positioning. Perplexity actually ranks some of its queries on Google as webpages, making its pursuit of the Chrome asset both savvy and calculated. 10 stocks we like better than Alphabet › On the eve of OpenAI's launch of ChatGPT-5, rival s…