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Germany's Ecosia proposes stewardship to run Google Chrome

Germany's Ecosia, a nonprofit search engine, said on Thursday it has submitted a proposal to assume a 10-year stewardship of ...

Perplexity Wants to Buy Google Chrome for $34.5 Billion, but That Won't Be Enough

Alphabet still has options to fight the decision in court.

Here's why Google might have to sell Chrome, and which companies want to buy it

A judge will soon decide if Google must sell Chrome to remedy its antitrust case. Competitors like Perplexity have already ...

Perplexity AI Makes $34.5 Billion Cash Bid For Google Chrome, Backed By Funds As Analyst Says Offer 'Vastly Undervalues' Asset

Perplexity AI, a San Francisco-based startup backed by Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), SoftBank, and Jeff Bezos, has made an ...
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Will Perplexity Replace Google as a Search Engine?

Overview Perplexity AI is growing fast with its answering system, but still far smaller than Google’s massive scale.Google’s ...

Rivals are already outbidding Perplexity for Google Chrome

Perplexity's $34.5 billion bid to acquire Chrome from Google made headlines worldwide. Discover, Instagram, X — you just ...

Perplexity’s $34.5 billion bid for Google’s Chrome seems mischievous

It could be a tactic to pierce Google-owner Alphabet’s defence in its antitrust case. Alphabet had argued that hiving off its ...
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Chrome Takeover: AI Startups Battle Google for Search Power

Perplexity’s $34B bid for Google Chrome and OpenAI’s browser ambitions highlight the battle for control over search and the ...
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I Tried Perplexity's Comet AI Web Browser and It Might Be the Future

Just ask Microsoft, DuckDuckGo, Brave and the slew of other search engines that have tried to scrape away at Google's near 90 ...

Perplexity AI eyes $20B valuation in new funding round after Chrome bid

According to a new report, Perplexity AI is set for another fundraise, this time at a $20 billion valuation, a move that ...

Search.com just outbid Perplexity with a $35B Chrome takeover offer

Search.com bids $35B for Google Chrome, topping Perplexity's $34.5B offer. Search.com plans cashback, no ads, and reven ...
Opinion

Perplexity’s Chrome Tones: Is this the boldest AI ‘land’ grab yet?

Perplexity’s audacious bid for Chrome is less about buying a browser than seizing the gateway to the internet itself. If it succeeds, the startup could leap decades ahead in influence, data, and AI ...