THE MONTH IN AI

This month, Perplexity offers to buy Google’ s Chrome browser, with other stories from Dayforce, Lenovo and GitHub

WRITTEN BY: MARCUS LAW

Aravind Srinivas, CEO, Perplexity

WHY PERPLEXITY HAS OFFERED TO BUY GOOGLE CHROME FOR $ 34.5BN

Google insists Chrome is not for sale, but Perplexity has offered US $ 34.5bn for it anyway.

The three-year-old AI startup’ s bid to acquire the most popular web browser worldwide comes as Google faces mounting pressure from US antitrust regulators. With Judge Amit Mehta ruling in April 2025 that Google illegally maintains a search monopoly, Perplexity could be positioning itself for a sale that Google may not be able to refuse.

14 September 2025