Perplexity offers to buy Google's Chrome browser for $34.5 billion

Group 1 - Perplexity AI has made an unsolicited bid of $34.5 billion for Google's Chrome browser, which is higher than its current valuation [1] - Several investors have agreed to back Perplexity's bid for Chrome [1] - Google has not yet responded to the bid, and the Wall Street Journal was the first to report on this development [1] Group 2 - Perplexity is known for its AI-powered search engine that provides simple answers and links to original sources [2] - The company recently launched its own AI-powered browser called Comet [2] - The U.S. Department of Justice previously proposed that Google divest Chrome as part of an antitrust suit, where a judge ruled that Google held an illegal monopoly in internet search [2]