From PC Mag: Search AI tool Perplexity appears to think the future of its success lies within internet browsers. The brand recently launched its own browser called Comet with AI built-in from the ground up, and the company has reportedly spent the summer making bids for its rivals.
Earlier this week, the brand made a jaw-dropping bid for Google Chrome offering $34.5 billion for the search engine. Google may be ordered by a US federal judge to break up its search business later this month, and Perplexity wanted to get its offer in early.
Perplexity itself is estimated to be worth around between $18 and $20 billion. Now, a new report from The Information, says the start-up had been previously shopping around for alternative internet browsers and even made a bid for one.
According to The Information's sources, the company made a bid of $1 billion for security-focused browser Brave. It’s also thought it had conversations with DuckDuckGo and The Browser Co. for its Arc tool. It’s unclear if Perplexity got to the stage of making bids for either Arc or DuckDuckGo.
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