Perplexity low-balls Google with $34.5B offer for Chrome

19 RattlesnakeJake 5 8/12/2025, 6:52:32 PM arstechnica.com ↗

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srcno · 1h ago
Article title: Perplexity offers more than twice its total valuation to buy Chrome from Google
RattlesnakeJake · 13m ago
Ars does A/B testing on its headlines: Authors submit two versions, and for the first few hours visitors will randomly see either one. Whichever one draws more clicks becomes the permanent headline.

Interestingly, the URL remains constant, which is why you'll often see a disparity between it and the headline.

puttycat · 2h ago
Lowball: to calculate something at a price or level that is unfairly low.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/lowball

(I did not know the expression and admittedly understood it in a completely obscene way)

ChrisArchitect · 1h ago
PunchTornado · 1h ago
>AI startup Perplexity is powering a new AI-powered search engine on Truth Social, President Donald Trump's social media platform.

I don't understand why anyone would use them. If they get chrome, I'll switch to firefox. hate them too much.