HEADLINE: "AI Startup Perplexity Offers to Buy Google's Chrome Browser for $34.5 Billion"
ALT HEADLINE: "AI Startup Perplexity Discovered It Can Get Free Publicity by Pretending to Make Offers on Big Products Like Chrome and TikTok"
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/ai-startup-perplexity-offers-to-buy-googles-chrome-browser-for-a-whopping-34-5-billion/
Mike Elgan
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