Run by Aravind Srinivas, Perplexity is no stranger to headline-grabbing offers, it made a similar one for TikTok United States (US) in January, offering to merge with the popular short-video app to resolve US concerns about TikTok’s Chinese ownership.<\/p>\n
OpenAI, Yahoo and private-equity firm Apollo Global Management have also expressed interest in Chrome as regulatory pressure threatens Google’s grip on the industry.<\/p>\n
Google did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment. The company has not offered Chrome for sale and plans to appeal a US court ruling last year that found it held an unlawful monopoly in online search. The Justice Department has sought a Chrome divestiture as part of the case’s remedies.<\/p>\n
Perplexity did not disclose on Tuesday how it plans to fund the offer. The three-year-old company has raised around $1 billion in funding so far from investors, including Nvidia and Japan’s SoftBank. It was last valued at $14 billion. Multiple funds have offered to finance the deal in full, Perplexity said, without naming the funds. Alphabet’s shares were up 1.6% in afternoon trading.<\/p>\n
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