Many see Perplexity’s bid to buy Google’s Chrome browser as a strategic statement rather than a likely transaction.

Artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Perplexity has made a surprise $34.5bn (£25.6bn) takeover bid for Google's Chrome ...

In mounting an unsolicited bid for Google’s browser, the three-year-old AI startup seeks to take advantage of uncertainty over a pending antitrust ruling.