Perplexity AI’s $34.5 billion cash bid for Google’s Chrome aims to reshape the AI search and browser landscape.
In a David-and-Goliath bid, Perplexity AI offered $34.5 billion in cash for Google ’s Chrome browser, seeking control of a gateway to billions of users in the AI search race.The unsolicited offer, made Tuesday, far exceeds the three-year-old startup’s $14 billion valuation and comes as browsers regain prominence as entry points to search traffic and user data.Chrome commands more than 60 percent of the global market, directing vast traffic to Google Search and the ad revenue it generates.
Buying Chrome would give it access to more than 3 billion users and a stronger position against larger rivals like OpenAI, which is developing its own AI browser.The bid follows Perplexity’s headline-grabbing January proposal to merge with TikTok’s U.S. business to resolve national security concerns over Chinese ownership.Antitrust clouds the dealBacked by investors including Nvidia and Japan’s SoftBank, the company has raised about $1 billion to date.
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