How much is Chrome worth for Google? Perplexity AI says its worth $34.5 billion. We think that’s perplexing. Maybe it was a product of its own AI engine’s hallucination.

Perplexity's $34.5 billion bid to acquire Chrome from Google made headlines worldwide. Discover, Instagram, X — you just couldn't miss the headline, it was everywhere. However, there's a different company that's already outbidding perplexity, and it has mostly gone under the radar.

Many see Perplexity’s bid to buy Google’s Chrome browser as a strategic statement rather than a likely transaction.