Perplexity makes bold $34.5B bid for Google's Chrome browser
12 voxadam 9 8/12/2025, 4:28:04 PM reuters.com ↗
Comments (9)
rvnx · 5h ago
Then Google Ads will appear in some way in Perplexity (https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/why-we-re-experimenting-w...) and Perplexity will use Google Search, and everybody is happy, except the regulators.
gnabgib · 4h ago
Discussion (120 points, 71 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44877656
moojacob · 2h ago
I think it's fun that they always get in the media like this. They know how to play the game.
nly · 2h ago
So $34.5B for a logo and a Chromium build/CI pipeline?
voxadam · 5h ago
https://archive.is/Jx2rW
ChrisArchitect · 1h ago
[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44877656
dcreater · 3h ago
I'm not sure what would be worse
AlienRobot · 3h ago
Who is ready to have their browsing patterns mined by a different company?
wmichelin · 1h ago
I already daily drive Safari instead