3-year-old AI startup Perplexity has made an unsolicited $34.5 billion all-cash offer to buy Google’s Chrome browser.
Chrome isn’t just a browser, it’s the gateway to billions of users and a massive data engine for Google’s ad business.
The bid comes as regulators push to break up Google after a U.S. court ruled it holds an unlawful monopoly in search.
Perplexity says it would keep Chrome open-source, invest $3 billion in development, and preserve the default search engine.The twist? Analysts value Chrome at $50 billion+, and few believe Google will sell without a long legal fight.
