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Perplexity makes bold $34.5-billion bid for Google Chrome browser
Business World Philippines
|August 14, 2025
PERPLEXITY AI made a $34.5-billion unsolicited all-cash offer for Alphabet’s Chrome browser on Tuesday, a bid far above its own valuation as the startup reaches for the browser’s billions of users pivotal to the artificial intelligence (AD) search race.
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Run by Aravind Srinivas, Perplexity is no stranger to headline-grabbing offers: it made a similar one for Tik-Tok US in January, offering to merge with the popular short-video app to resolve US concerns about TikTok’s Chinese ownership.
OpenAl, Yahoo and private-equity firm Apollo Global Management have also expressed interest in Chrome as regulatory pressure threatens Google’s grip on the industry.
Google did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment. The company has not offered Chrome for sale and plans to appeal a US court ruling last year that found it held an unlawful monopoly in online search. The Justice department has sought a Chrome divestiture as part of the case’s remedies.
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