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.

Will Google’s Chrome web browser be getting a new home? In a surprise move, Perplexity AI made an unsolicited $34.5 billion bid to buy Google's Chrome, per reports by WSJ and CNBC Tuesday, coming as a legal ruling is pending in an antitrust case the internet giant lost that could force it to divest the

Many see Perplexity’s bid to buy Google’s Chrome browser as a strategic statement rather than a likely transaction.