Huan Qiu Wang Zi Xun·2025-08-13 05:59Group 1 - Perplexity AI has proposed a $34.5 billion acquisition of Google's Chrome browser to challenge Google's dominance in the online search market [1][2] - The proposed acquisition amount exceeds Perplexity's current valuation, which reached $18 billion in July, up from $14 billion a few months prior [2] - There is increasing concern regarding the threat posed by artificial intelligence to Google, highlighted by a reported decline in Google search traffic from the Safari browser [2] Group 2 - Perplexity AI is known for its AI search engine that provides simple answers to user queries and links to original web sources [2] - The company recently launched its own AI browser named Comet [2] - Earlier this year, Meta had discussions with Perplexity regarding a potential acquisition, but no final agreement was reached [2]