On Aug. 12, 2025, San Francisco-based AI search startup Perplexity stunned Silicon Valley by making an unsolicited $34.5 billion all-cash offer for Google’s Chrome browser. The bid was nearly double ...

San Francisco-based startup Perplexity, which has sought to woo users from Google by offering search powered by AI, earlier this year raised $100 million in a round of funding that valued it at $18 ...

Google is testing a Chrome setting that opens the browser at Windows startup. While the option offers convenience for web-focused users, it raises concerns about early RAM use, system speed, and ...

A browser homepage is the website that appears when you open your browser and the page that appears when clicking the home button. These are two separate things in many modern browsers, including the ...

(Bloomberg/Julia Love) — AI startup Perplexity said it 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 ...

Perplexity AI made a $34.5 billion unsolicited all-cash offer for Alphabet’s Chrome browser on Tuesday, a bid far above its own valuation as the startup reaches for the browser’s billions of users ...