Perplexity makes $34.5 b bid for Google’s Chrome browser

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: AI startup Perplexity last week made a formal offer to acquire Google’s Chrome browser for $34.5 billion, in anticipation of requirements that may be imposed on the search giant in antitrust proceedings. The unsolicited bid was sent to Alphabet Inc.’s Google on August 12, a Perplexity spokesperson said. It comes not…