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AI firm Perplexity makes ridiculous bid to buy Chrome from Google

Chrome has not been put up for sale, but that has not stopped AI startup Perplexity from putting in a bid to buy the web browser from Google.

While on the face of things the $34.5 billion bid seems large, it has been widely dismissed as being a fraction of Chrome’s real value. So, what is the deal with Perplexity trying to snap up the most popular web browser in the world?

By Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson -

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