Perplexity AI has made a shocking $34.5 billion offer to acquire Google's Chrome browser as the tech giant faces potential divestiture due to antitrust scrutiny. This move is seen as a strategic attempt to promote competition and consumer protection in the tech industry.

California-based AI startup Perplexity offered over $34B to buy Google Chrome as it battles for industry dominance with bigger names like Meta and OpenAI.

In an unlikely bid that shows the growing brashness of young artificial intelligence companies, the AI startup Perplexity has made an unsolicited offer to buy Google’s Chrome web browser for $34.5 billion.