US EditionPerplexity Proposes $34.5 Billion Purchase of Google's Chrome Browser
Perplexity’s $34.5 billion bid aims to acquire Chrome’s 3.5 billion users to compete in AI search amid antitrust pressure on Google’s market dominance.
- Perplexity AI has made an unsolicited $34.5 billion bid to buy Google's Chrome browser, as reported by WSJ and CNBC.
- Perplexity stated that several investors have agreed to back the transaction in full, according to the Journal.
- A federal court previously ruled that Google is a monopoly, impacting the antitrust case remedies expected this month.
- Perplexity has backing from several large venture-capital funds and has raised around $1 billion in funding from investors including Nvidia and SoftBank.
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der Standard ATThe AI search engine Perplexity AI wants to buy Chrome, the browser of Google. There is an offer of over 34.5 billion dollars in the room. The company wants to pay the total in cash.
·Hamburg, Germany
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Google is under pressure because of its market power. Now, AI's start-up Perplexity has offered billions of dollars to the tech giant's popular Chrome browser – and could be successful.
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Perplexity AI offers Google $34.5 billion for Chrome browser
SAN FRANCISCO, United States — Perplexity AI offered Google on Tuesday $34.5 billion for its popular Chrome web browser, which the internet giant could potentially be forced to sell as part of antitrust proceedings. The whopping sum proposed in a letter of intent by Perplexity is nearly double the value of the startup, which was
·Manila, Philippines
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