Perplexity AI, an $18 billion startup whose AI-powered search engine links out to original sources, just made an unsolicited offer to buy Google's Chrome browser for $34.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal was first to report .

According to the WSJ report, Perplexity said its offer to buy Chrome is "designed to satisfy an antitrust remedy in highest public interest by placing Chrome with a capable, independent operator."

"Multiple large investment funds have agreed to finance the transaction in full," Perplexity Chief Business Officer Dmitry Shevelenko said, per Bloomberg .

Chrome could be valued anywhere between $20 to $50 billion according to analysts, but it isn't exactly for sale. Google might not have a choice, though.

In August 2024, a federal judge ruled that Google il

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