Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI has made an unsolicited $34.5 cardinal bid for Google's Chrome browser, CNBC confirmed connected Tuesday.
That fig is higher than Perplexity's existent valuation, but the institution said respective investors person agreed to backmost the deal.
Google did not instantly respond to CNBC's petition for comment. The Wall Street Journal was archetypal to study the bid.
Perplexity is champion known for its AI-powered hunt motor that gives users elemental answers to questions and links retired to the archetypal root worldly connected the web. Last month, it launched its ain AI-powered browser called Comet.
The U.S. Department of Justice projected Google divest Chrome arsenic portion of the antitrust suit the institution mislaid past year. The justice successful the lawsuit ruled that Google has held an amerciable monopoly successful its halfway marketplace of net search.
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