In a gambit, Perplexity offers $34.5 billion to Google for Chrome browser
AI startup Perplexity is making an improbable offer to buy the Chrome browser from Google. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Perplexity, the AI search and browser startup, is making the unsolicited offer for $34.5 billion, which is roughly double its current $18 billion valuation.
The audacious offer has a slim chance of turning into a deal, but the Journal reports that it might be an attempt to take advantage of a key moment in Google’s federal antitrust trial, where the judge is considering breaking up the tech behemoth, which could include a potential sale of the Chrome browser.
Google has about 90% search engine market share, almost 70% of global browser market share, and Chrome is a key foundation of its massive ad business.
The audacious offer has a slim chance of turning into a deal, but the Journal reports that it might be an attempt to take advantage of a key moment in Google’s federal antitrust trial, where the judge is considering breaking up the tech behemoth, which could include a potential sale of the Chrome browser.
Google has about 90% search engine market share, almost 70% of global browser market share, and Chrome is a key foundation of its massive ad business.
