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Perplexity AI's bid on Tuesday to buy Google's Chrome browser for $34.5 billion represents a dramatic moment for the internet search giant, a week before it celebrates the 20th anniversary of its IPO.

Even if analysts aren't taking the offer very seriously, Perplexity's move marks a turning point. It's the first time an outside party has made such a public and specific effort to strip out a key piece of Google, which is currently awaiting a judge's decision on whether it must take significant divestiture steps following a ruling last year that the company has held a monopoly in its core search market.

The ruling was widely viewed as the most important antitrust decision in the tech industry since the case ag

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