PERPLEXITY MAKES LONGSHOT $34.5 BILLION OFFER FOR CHROME

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AI startup Perplexity has made an offer to purchase Google's Chrome browser for $34.5 billion. The offer is significantly more than Perplexity's own valuation at $18 billion and far below some estimates of Chrome's enterprise value. A US District Judge is currently weighing whether to force Google to sell the browser. Perplexity's offer could be an attempt to signal to the judge that there is an interested buyer should he force a sale.