The antitrust case into Google’s search business just got more heated, as Perplexity AI has submitted a $34.5 billion offer to acquire the company’s Chrome browser, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.

AI startup Perplexity said it made a formal offer to acquire Google’s Chrome browser for $34.5 billion, in anticipation of requirements that may be imposed on the search giant in antitrust proceedings.

Perplexity, the US-based artificial intelligence start-up challenging Google's search supremacy, has made its boldest move yet. Its unsolicited $34.5 billion bid for Google's Chrome browser follows last week's announcement that San Francisco-based Perplexity teamed up with the Trump Media and Technology Group for a public beta testing of an AI