Perplexity AI, led by Indian origin CEO Arvind Srinivas, has unwanted $ 34.5 billion (over). According to a report by Reuters, 3,02,152 crore) bid to acquire Google Chrome. This proposal is much above its evaluation of perplexity and marks the latest bold steps with a three -year -old AI startup.
The company, which raised about $ 1 billion from investors, including Nvidia and SoftBank, was finally $ 14 billion. It claims that many funds have offered to provide a complete finance to the deal, although no name was disclosed.
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The bid comes amid regulatory pressure on Google, the US Department of Justice demanded treatment to explain that a court had an illegal monopoly in online search. A proposed measure involves forcing Google to divide Chrome. Google has said that she is planning to appeal and has not intended to sell the browser. Analysts hope that a legal process, if initiated, may take years and reach the Supreme Court.
Proposal of perplexity pledge:
-Keep Chrome underlying chromium code open-source
Browser over two years $ 3 billion
-Traine Chrome’s Default Search Engine Settings
The company says its plan will “preserve the choice of the user” and reduce competition concerns. Rivities such as Openi, Yahoo and Apollo Global Management have also shown interest in Chrome, while the CEO of Dakdukgo has not estimated its potential forced sales price to be reduced by $ 50 billion.
In 2022, established by Arvind Srinivas with Denis Yarsh, Johnny Ho, and Andy Convinski, Perplexity has grown rapidly with its consequent AI search engine, which gives a reality answer quoted. The company recently launched the comate, its own AI-operated browser, and says that by acquiring Chrome it will allow it to reach more than three billion users worldwide and promote its ability to compete with OpenA and others in the operated search location.
Srinivas, a Chennai -born IIT Madras Bachelor, first worked in Google, and internnamps under Deep Learning Pioneer Yoshua Begio before launching Perplexity in San Francisco. Under his leadership, the startup expanded globally, including partnership with Bharti Airtel in May 2025, which provided 360 million Indian users access to Perplexity Pro.
Despite the high-profile bid, industry experts suspect that Google will participate with Chrome, which plays a central role in its AI strategy, including the rollout of AI-popular search sorrows under the “Overview” feature.
