It seems that AI search company Perplexity has a pair of grit and gall, along with a multitude of head fractures, as it not only aims to usurp Google in online search, it offered to buy Chrome outright for $34.5 billion, which is $14.5 billion more than Perplexity is valued at .

It's a bold move on Perplexity's part, but Google is unlikely to sell Chrome, so it’s more of a PR stunt than a likely deal.

It’s questionable that a startup with limited size and reach could afford to buy the world’s most popular web browser, but it’s not a bad way to posture. The AI search startup Perplexity has tendered an unsolicited offer to buy Google’s Chrome browser for $34.