Perplexity AI is offering to buy the Google Chrome browser for $35 billion even though it’s only worth $18 billion.

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  • AI startup Perplexity has offered to buy Google’s Chrome browser for $34.5 billion.
  • The company said venture investors have proposed funding the deal.
  • The Department of Justice proposed Google divest Chrome as part of the antitrust suit the company lost last year.

Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI has made an unsolicited $34.5 billion bid for Google’s
Chrome browser, CNBC confirmed on Tuesday.

That figure is higher than Perplexity’s current valuation, but the company said several investors have agreed to back the deal. In July, Perplexity was valued at $18 billion as part of an extension that valued the company at $14 billion months earlier.

Google did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment. The Wall Street Journal was first to report the bid.

Perplexity is best known for its AI-powered search engine that gives users simple answers to questions and links out to the original source material on the web. Last month, it launched its own AI-powered browser called Comet.

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https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/12/perplexity-google-chrome-ai.html

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