An AI Search Startup Goes for the Gateway: Perplexity Makes $34.5bn Bid for Chrome

In a move that would redraw the map of search and browser economics, Perplexity AI has lodged an unsolicited $34.5 billion bid for Google’s Chrome browser, CNBC confirmed Tuesday. The offer, roughly double Perplexity’s most recent public valuation stretch last month, signals how high strategic stakes have climbed in the race to control the user

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