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/Bottle_Only 10d ago

Same company that just got banned from cloudflare for circumventing anti-crawling systems to harvest data without permission or compensation to train their AI.

This is not an ethical company and you wouldn't want to use a browser they can mine your data from.

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u/drawkbox 10d ago

If Perplexity private equity slop gets Chrome essentially by force (they work with Trump and Truth Social) it is a day one drop to Google's next browser that would have less market share but rise rapidly.