Perplexed has left us Perplexity With your unexpected offer to Buy the Chrome browser. First, because Google will never accept it voluntarily. And second, because Offer 34,500 million for the browser Chromeit is twice its valuation as a company. Where do you plan to get the money from?
Perplexity It is an AI company that uses language models, such as Openai GPT itself, but also Claude, Mistral, and others.
Interestingly, for weeks it has been rumored that both Apple and goal They want to buy perplexity To recover land in the AI market, but it seems that the company founded by Aravind Srinivas, Denis Yaraths, Johnny Ho and Andy Konwinski, has other plans.
Why does Perplexity want to buy Chrome?
The main activity of this startup is A search engine based on artificial intelligence that locates answers through websites. This is where Chrome’s purchase fits, since I could integrate this engine into the most used browser in the world.
Precisely, the company launched Your own browser Comet A few weeks ago, designed from scratch to integrate AI in all its functions.
The perplexity CEO, Aravind Srinivas, who worked in Openai, has come to say that the browser is the final app to exploit the AI. So, from that point of view, buying Chrome makes all your meaning. Another thing is that I get it …
As explained by means such as Bloomberg, Perplexity has offered today 34,500 million dollars for the chrome browser to Google, offer confirmed by the company. It is a decision that surprises, for several reasons.
The company is valued at about 18,000 million dollars, it seems very risky to make a purchase for twice the value of the company. This also indicates that he does not have the money, but has already confirmed that They have «important investors» that would contribute the 34,500 million.
It also surprises that the offer is launched at this time, because Google will never accept it, the money is left over. It seems that it is a movement aimed at the judge of the antimonopoly case against Google, which is deciding whether it forces it to sell Chrome. Perplexity has made it clear that there are buyers …
Chrome’s uncertain future within Google
Even in the event that Google has to get rid of Chrome, Surely perplexity is not your first option. The reason is that with this sale it would not only lose Chrome … I would also endanger the Google search engine.
Perplexity’s search engine pursues exactly that, replace Google search engine. If Chrome buys and integrates it there, then Google’s search engine would be serious. The Pichai sundar company will try to avoid that … if it can be avoided. Because anyone who buys Chrome, will surely try does the same.
It only remains to wait. Not that Google accepts or not the perplexity offer to buy Chrome, will not accept it. The wait is to know whether or not the judge forces Google to sell his browser. From there, everything is possible.
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Tags: Chrome, artificial intelligence, browsers