00:00Perplexity has made a surprising $34.5 billion all-cash offer to acquire Google's Chrome browser,
00:06nearly doubling its own valuation, signaling an aggressive move to challenge Google in the AI-driven search market.
00:13The bid comes amid growing antitrust pressure on Google, with regulators considering whether Chrome should be divested.
00:20Perplexity stated it would maintain Chrome's open-source foundation, keep Google as the default search engine,
00:26and invest over $3 billion in the browser's development over the next two years.
00:31The move highlights how newer AI companies are pushing to reshape control over foundational Internet tools.
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