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Out of the blue, Google saw an offer made to it overnight for its Chrome browser.

The offer comes from AI firm Perplexity, which has its own browser if you don’t already know of the firm.

Their bid is for $34.5bn (about £25.5bn) and was reportedly an unsolicited offer, and there are several key factors at play here.

Chrome is estimated to be the world’s most popular browser, having an estimated three billion-plus users.

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