Perplexity offers more than twice its total valuation to buy Chrome from Google
Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav In the wake of its big antitrust loss, Google could soon find itself forced to sell one of its crown jewels. Among the government’s proposed remedies in the search case is a requirement that Google divest its market-leading Chrome browser, and Perplexity is already throwing its proverbial hat into the ring with a whopping $34.5 billion offer. The problem, however, is that Perplexity doesn’t have nearly that much cash. Perplexity has ridden the AI hype wave, with its AI-powered search appearing on smartphones and in the company’s custom Comet browser. Like any company offering an AI product, investors…
