Perplexity just dropped a $34.5B bomb to buy Google Chrome.
And with Google’s antitrust headaches piling up, I can’t see them saying no.
They’ve got a fiduciary duty to shareholders — and that means if the money’s good, Chrome’s gone.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/12/perplexity-google-chrome-ai.html
Chris Trottier
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