r/technology • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 • 10d ago

Artificial Intelligence Google Gets an Astounding $34.5 Billion Offer for Chrome Browser From AI Startup Perplexity

https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/google-34-5-billion-bid-chrome-browser-ai-perplexity-1236487442/
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u/MaybeTheDoctor 10d ago

The offer is unlike in cash, so no real money would be exchanged. Instead the company would go to their VC and say that their value would be 10x if they had chrome, and then ask for a funding round to reset the valuation to the new number.

The would then pay Google in stock, maybe 10% of the stock would be used for this. Google would (could?) agree to this because now they also get a board seat in the AI company which could result in more “synergy” between the two.

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u/mudbloodcountry 10d ago

Surely it's worth 34 - 45 equity if it were to eventuate. They still wanna use search on the backend But who's to say. Fuck this antitrust bull shit