WSJ named a possible buyer of Google Chrome

Perplexity, a company specializing in artificial intelligence (AI), has made an offer to Google to buy the Chrome browser for $34.5 billion. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on this on August 12.

"Perplexity <...> offered to purchase the Chrome browser from Google for $34.5 billion," the article says.

It is specified that the offer of Perplexity greatly exceeds its own value, which is estimated at $ 18 billion. The company told the WSJ that several investors have agreed to support the purchase deal.

An American court is currently exploring the possibility of obliging Google to sell the browser to weaken its dominance in the web search market. The Perplexity offer can be considered as an attempt to demonstrate the presence of an interested buyer.

In turn, Google has not expressed willingness to sell Chrome, insisting that it would damage business, limit investment in new technologies, and create potential security risks.

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